Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar delivered his opening statement at the Select Committee’s hearing titled Import Controls: Tools to Counter the CCP's Industrial Policy and Supply Chain Threats.  

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Good morning.

Last October, China weaponized its chokehold over rare earths in a massive expansion of its export controls. The Chinese Communist Party’s escalation threatened commerce globally, and it represented an economic declaration of war against the United States.

The House Select Committee on China will hold a hearing titled Import Controls: Tools to Counter the CCP's Industrial Policy and Supply Chain Threats. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 16th at 10:00 A.M. in the Cannon House Office Building, Room 390.

The witnesses for the hearing will be:

• Mr. Craig Singleton, China Program Senior Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Mr. Oren Cass, Founder and Chief Economist, American Compass
• Mr. Peter Harrell, Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University Institute of International Economic Law; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

When: Wednesday, September 16 at 10:00 A.M.

Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China (SCC) and Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) of the Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) have sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin requesting a briefing on DHS’s implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

“Congress enacted these laws to ensure that illegally traded goods, particularly those made with forced labor, do not enter U.S. commerce and do not make American consumers complicit in atrocities, including genocide, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR),” the lawmakers write. “Strong enforcement protects human rights, supports American workers, and helps ensure that U.S. businesses are not undercut by illegal and unfair trade practices.”

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China was interviewed by Bloomberg yesterday about the news TikTok reneged on its commitment to participate in a public roundtable with the committee.