Select Committee on China

Chairman Congressman John Moolenaar was proud to support Congressman Chris Smith’s House Resolution 1259 which calls upon President Trump to prioritize the humanitarian release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, Jimmy Lai, and others unjustly detained by China.

https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-moolenaar-supported-resolution-urging-release-of-ccp-s-political-prisoners

UPCOMING HEARING | Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of the CCP-Linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans and Threatening U.S. Security

Witnesses:
- Harvard University Asia Center’s Jacob Daniel Sims
- Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime’s Jason Tower
- Operation Shamrock’s Erin West

Watch live on Tuesday, May 19 at 10AM here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Cgc1yPgBRb4?si=jM-NEMSCBXkpBC84

More here: https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/press-releases/moolenaar-and-dingell-introduce-legislation-that-would-ban-chinese-vehicles-from-us-roads

Chairman Congressman John Moolenaar and Rep. Debbie Dingell have introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act. The legislation would prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of connected vehicles, software, and hardware linked to China.

The Connected Vehicle Security Act builds on the work of two administrations. In 2019, President Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency with respect to foreign threats to America's information and communications technology supply chain, establishing the legal authority for the federal government to act. The Biden Administration used that authority to finalize regulations in January 2025 prohibiting connected vehicle software and hardware linked to China and Russia. The Connected Vehicle Security Act expands those protections in statute

https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/press-releases/moolenaar-and-dingell-introduce-legislation-that-would-ban-chinese-vehicles-from-us-roads

This latest case out of Michigan is another reminder of a serious and ongoing threat we can’t ignore. A former visiting scholar at the University of Michigan has been charged with lying to U.S. Customs and Border Protection when departing the United States in 2023, including allegedly concealing ties to military-relevant aerospace work.

We’re seeing a repeated pattern of deception tied to access to U.S. research and advanced technology. It underscores why we have to stay focused on protecting our research institutions and ensuring adversaries can’t exploit them.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/05/09/um-visiting-scholar-china-fbi-lying-to-border-patrol/90010255007/

China’s economy is slowing even as military and security spending rises.

Cities and factories are struggling, youth job prospects are weak, and household confidence is down. Instead of reforms that would boost growth and jobs, China is doubling down on state-directed investment and control.

https://www.wsj.com/world/china/xi-china-technology-military-economy-mess-10eb1e22?st=B2ZQ4m&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

The CCP’s push for AI dominance isn’t driven by fair competition but instead by theft and smuggling.

U.S. officials have warned of “industrial-scale” efforts to siphon know-how from American labs, including the use of more than 24,000 fraudulent accounts to generate over 16 million interactions with advanced AI systems. This “distillation” allows Chinese entities to replicate frontier models at a fraction of the time and cost.

At the same time, federal prosecutors have uncovered a global smuggling network moving billions of dollars’ worth of restricted chips through Southeast Asia into China while evading U.S. safeguards to power China’s AI ambitions. This is a coordinated strategy to shortcut innovation and undermine American technological leadership.

https://spectator.com/article/chinas-theft-of-american-ai-tech-is-becoming-more-brazen/?edition=us

A would-be spy offered a staffer on the Select Committee on China $10,000 for insider information on U.S. policy.

Our staffer's response? Report it, document it, and expose it. As a Select Committee, we referred the matter to the FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation after documenting the outreach and collecting call transcripts.

This is exactly why the Select Committee on China exists, to shine a light on the CCP’s efforts to infiltrate our institutions, and to fight to protect U.S. national security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/us/politics/china-us-spy-congressional-aide.html

Last week at the Silverado Policy Accelerator Summit, Chairman Congressman John Moolenaar joined former Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger for a wide-ranging discussion on U.S.–China strategic competition.

From semiconductors and AI to critical minerals, supply chains, export controls, and cyber threats, the conversation underscored the full scope of the challenge posed by the Chinese Communist Party, and the need for a long-term strategy to ensure America’s economic and national security for generations to come.

The Select Committee on China remains committed to advancing bipartisan solutions to keep the United States ahead of China in this era of great-power competition.

Today, Chairman Congressman John Moolenaar has introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act to close dangerous gaps in federal oversight of foreign land purchases.

For too long, adversaries like China have been able to acquire American farmland and property near sensitive national security sites with little to no scrutiny.

This farmland security legislation takes a clear, decisive approach to protecting U.S. national security: it blocks land purchases by China and other foreign adversaries by default unless all risks can be fully mitigated, preserves strong state laws already enacted to stop these transactions, and is building bipartisan support in Congress to deliver a comprehensive, nationwide solution.

https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/press-releases/moolenaar-introduces-bill-to-stop-china-from-acquiring-us-farmland