A group of lawmakers has written to Solicitor General Sauer urging the Department of Justice to recommend that the Supreme Court deny Cisco Systems’ petition for certiorari in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I. The case centers on allegations that Cisco custom-designed surveillance technology for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to identify and persecute members of the Falun Gong religious community.
Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar supported the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to further restrict the importation of high-risk Chinese telecommunications gear to the United States by closing loopholes that had allowed the continued U.S. sale of previously approved telecommunications equipment made by Chinese companies including Huawei and Hikvision.
Good morning. Thank you to Providence and the Institute on Religion & Democracy for the invitation to speak at this important gathering.
This conference reminds us that faith and freedom are inseparably connected. As the Founders well understood, here on Earth, governments are chartered not to establish rights, but to guard and guarantee rights that have already been gifted by God against those who would seek to take them away.
Chairman John Moolenaar sent a letter to imprisoned Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, expressing support for his courage, highlighting the Chinese Communist Party’s intensifying campaign against religious freedom, and reaffirming the Select Committee’s commitment to holding the CCP accountable for its persecution of people of faith and defenders of liberty.
October 17, 2025
Mr. Jimmy Lai
Stanley Prison
Good morning everyone, and I want to thank the Hudson Institute for bringing together such a distinguished group of thinkers and leaders. That's you. You know, Hudson has always been and for a long time, been a home for serious ideas and for courage. And I want to start today by recognizing a painful reminder of why our work together matters. Last week, Pastor Jin Mingri, the founder of the Zion Church, one of the China's largest underground congregations, was detained by Chinese authorities at his home in Beihai.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar released the following statement in response to reports that People's Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping has aggressively expanded China's rare earth restriction
Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) released the following statement in response to reports that People's Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping has aggressively expanded China's rare earth restrictions ahead of his potential meeting with President Trump:
Today, following a months-long investigation, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) uncovered alarming new information revealing that companies in America and allied nations —including ASML in the Netherlands, Tokyo Electron (TEL) in Japan, and Applied Materials, KLA, and Lam Research in the United States—fueled semiconductor manufacturing in China and made sizeable returns selling equipment to Chinese state-owned and military-linked companies.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is straining with all its might to build a domestic, self-sufficient, semiconductor manufacturing industry in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). To do this, the PRC has been acquiring semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) produced by U.S. and allied companies to build in semiconductor fabrication facilities (“fabs”) in the PRC that produce a wide range of semiconductor chips, including advanced, foundational, and legacy chips.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) made the following statement regarding media reports that China is pushing for America to eliminate national security restrictions on its investments in the United States: