The Select: A Weekly Committee Recap (Week of 9/16)
Welcome to The Select, a weekly newsletter on the work of the Congressional Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party led by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI).
See below for this week's updates.
Select Committee Holds Hearing - "How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence its Critics and Enforce its Rule"
On Thursday, Chairman Moolenaar and Select Committee members held a hearing titled "How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence its Critics and Enforce its Rule."
Witnesses included Mr. Jamil Jaffer, Founder and Executive Director, National Security Institute, Ms. Anna Puglisi, Visiting Fellow, Stanford University Hoover Institution, Dr. Jill Goldenziel, Professor, National Defense University, College of Information and Cyberspace.
Chairman John Moolenaar:
“In China, there is no justice. There are no rights. There is no free speech. There is no rule of law. General Secretary Xi Jinping has said the judicial and law enforcement departments should hold the absolute leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Click HERE for Chairman Moolenaar's opening remarks as prepared for delivery and witness testimony.
'We Can Achieve Victory: Moolenaar Delivers Speech on Out-Innovating the Chinese Communist Party
On Wednesday, Chairman Moolenaar delivered remarks as the featured speaker at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's event "Can China Innovate in Advanced Industries?"
In his speech, the Chairman outlined the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party to American technological innovation and economic prosperity.
The Chairman's full remarks as prepared for delivery can be found HERE.
Video of the event in full can be found HERE
Moolenaar, Murphy Urge Treasury Secretary Yellen to Add U.S. Coast Guard Installations to CFIUS Jurisdiction
On Tuesday, Chairman Moolenaar and Congressman Greg Murphy M.D. (R-NC) sent a letter urging United States Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen to include U.S. Coast Guard facilities and other sensitive sites under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
The letter also asks the Secretary to hold CFIUS reviews retroactively when a site is newly added to CFIUS’s list of sensitive sites. As our adversaries encroach on U.S. territory and Chinese Communist Party-affiliated land purchases increase across the United States, the lawmakers stress the importance of protecting Coast Guard bases just as we protect military bases in the CFIUS process.
View the lawmakers' letter to Secretary Yellen HERE.
Moolenaar, Krishnammorthi, Comer, Raskin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reform Federal Producrement, Protect our Supply Chains
On Tuesday, Chairman Moolenaar, and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, alongside Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) today introduced the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) Improvement Act of 2024.
This bill improves the Council’s ability to protect the federal supply chain from nefarious entities owned or controlled by a foreign adversary by excluding such entities from procurement processes or removing them from federal information systems.
Click HERE for bill text.