The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a new ban on imports from three Chinese genomic companies because of the companies’ ties to forced labor in Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing a genocide of the Uyghurs. Known collectively as the BGI Group, BGI Genomics Co. Ltd, MGI Tech Co Ltd., and Shenzhen BGI Technology Co Ltd. are the newest additions to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.
The Trump Administration has announced that it is including biotechnology in the proposed rules to implement the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act signed into law last year. Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement:
“This decision by the Trump administration is an important step towards ensuring the medicines the American people rely on are researched, developed, and made in America. This is a victory for the American people and the strong bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who came together last year to pass the COINS Act and stop the flow of American dollars into sensitive industries in China. We cannot afford for American companies to boost China's biotech industry while labs and research facilities across our nation with higher ethical standards than China go empty.
Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) order banning DeepSeek technology from all federal civilian agencies' IT systems:
Today, the Pentagon announced the results of its research security audits of major American universities and the subsequent termination of more than 80 collaborations bet
Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China honored Joshua Wong and sponsored him for the Defending Freedoms Project at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Congress.
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China, Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Transportation and Maritime Subcommittee Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL ) of the House Homeland Security Committee