Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China released the following statement in response to President Trump's expansion of U.S. export controls to cover Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-backed subsidiaries and protect American consumers:
"President Trump is putting America first and preventing CCP-tied entities from accessing U.S. technology through hiding their ownership in foreign front companies. As the Chairman of the Select Committee on China, I'll continue working to ensure Chinese firms cannot manipulate our export controls and undermine our national security interests," said Chairman Moolenaar.
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China issued the following statement in response to TikTok’s divestiture process and the future of the app’s operations in the United States:
The Select Committee urges Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker to cancel the planned September 30, 2025 flag-raising ceremony honoring the People’s Republic of China (PRC). While recognizing the value of free expression in the U.S., the Committee stresses that an official PRC flag-raising risks legitimizing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) authoritarian regime—a government engaged in genocide against Uyghur Muslims, persecution of religious communities, and enabling the fentanyl crisis devastating American families.
This week, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) sent a letter to Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker demanding that the City of Philadelphia—the same city where America declared its independence nearly 250 years ago—cancel the upcoming official flag-raising ceremony of the Chinese Communist Party's Five-Star Red Flag.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) is commending seven universities—Dartmouth College; Temple University; University of California, Davis; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Riverside; University of Notre Dame; and University of Tennessee—for ending their joint programs associated with the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC).
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to investigate Anker Innovations and its potential abuse of trade practices and tariff evasion. The company also has a history of selling security equipment that allowed unencrypted video streams to be accessed.
"Beyond unfair direct subsidies, we want to highlight Anker’s import practices and potential tariff evasion. Information reviewed by the Committee suggests Anker employs various unlawful methods to avoid U.S. tariffs, including misclassifying product codes to obtain non-China country of origin designations (e.g., misclassifying batteries as wireless chargers)," writes Chairman Moolenaar in the letter.
The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has written to PayPal seeking assurances that its new integrations with Tencent’s Tenpay Global—the operator of Weixin (WeChat) Pay—comply fully with U.S. anti–money laundering (AML) requirements. These integrations allow PayPal users in the U.S., Canada, and Europe to both remit funds directly into Weixin Pay wallets and linked bank accounts in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and to make purchases inside the PRC using Weixin Pay QR codes.
Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) sent a letter to PayPal Holdings, Inc.
Today, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) released a groundbreaking new investigation uncovering how Biden-era visa enforcement failures led to American taxpayers funding Ph.D. programs for Chinese nationals, including those linked to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and China's defense research universities.