House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., urged the Trump administration Oct. 3 to resist a reported push by China to reduce national security restrictions on its investments in the U.S. “China’s true desire is to take advantage of our country’s industry and knowledge, stealing innovation and threatening jobs,” Moolenaar said in a statement. “China has weaponized its own market and companies against us for decades, and we cannot allow those companies to have more access to our economy.”
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, proposed a bill that would require the executive branch to form an interagency task force to identify Chinese entities that could be sanctioned for supporting an attempt by China to take over Taiwan.
Rep. Eric “Rick” Crawford, R-Ark., introduced a bill Sept. 30 that would require the president to form a task force to identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports and develop and implement a strategy to enforce trade agreements against those barriers.
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., introduced a bill Sept. 30 that would allow the president to use International Emergency Economic Powers Act sanctions against transnational criminal organizations that conduct large-scale cyber scams targeting Americans.
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced a bill Sept. 29 that's designed to protect American companies that are sued in federal court for complying with U.S. sanctions and export controls, especially those against Russia.
Senate Banking Committee member Mark Warner, D-Va., urged the Bureau of Industry and Security on Sept. 30 to consider placing export controls on open-source technologies that could benefit China.
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., criticized the Bureau of Industry and Security’s new final rule rescinding the Biden administration’s increased restrictions on firearms exports (see 2509290045), saying the move will diminish government oversight of such transactions.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., introduced a resolution Sept. 29 urging the executive branch and U.S. allies to seize frozen Russian assets under the jurisdiction of Group of Seven nations and disburse them to Ukraine in tranches of at least $10 billion a month until expended.
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., said Sept. 26 that he plans to conduct “full oversight” of a new U.S.-China agreement that will transfer ownership and control of TikTok from China’s ByteDance to American investors.
The Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation (JHS), which represents Syrian Jews living in the diaspora, urged Congress on Sept. 25 to pass legislation to repeal the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 without conditions.