119th Congress
This week, the House of Representatives passed legislation funding the State Department and the Treasury Department for 2026. The legislation includes critical funding for the government’s effort to partner with Taiwan and allies in the Indo-Pacific.
Today, the House of Representatives passed the Remote Access Security Act, a bipartisan bill that modernizes the Export Control Reform Act by expanding federal authority to restrict foreign adversaries’ ability to access technologies, including AI chips, remotely through cloud computing services.
The Select Committee on China secured critical national security policies in funding legislation passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The legislation, which funded the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior, as well as related federal agencies including NASA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the EPA, contained policies Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar supported as a member of the House Appropriations Committee. These provisions reflect the Select Committee’s ongoing work to close dangerous loopholes that have allowed the CCP to exploit U.S.
Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) made the following statement on Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) stepping down as ranking member of the Select Committee and being succeeded by Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA):
The Department of Education has released a new online portal where the American people can see how much foreign money is being given to American universities.