House to Focus on China Threat When Congress Returns

WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives is poised to kick off its fall session with a slate of China-related legislation planned for a “China Week” upon returning to Washington on Sept. 9.
He added that China poses “the greatest threat to global peace” and that Congress must keep its focus on countering China with every tool at its disposal.
With just a four-seat majority (220–211) and the November presidential election around the corner, Republicans hope to pass a number of noncontroversial bills on China. As a result, the package covers issues on which both parties have consensus and suggests procedural changes that are less substantial.
Republicans hope to expedite the majority of these bills. The fast-tracking procedure, which requires the votes of two-thirds of the representatives on the House floor, will limit the debate to 40 minutes. However, whether the same package of legislation will pass the Democratic-majority Senate is uncertain.
Sponsors of some of these bills emailed statements to The Epoch Times on how their legislation addresses areas in which China poses threats to the United States, including aggressions over Taiwan; buying farmlands, especially near sensitive military installments; enabling Russia in the Ukraine War; interfering with the U.S. elections; and exploiting U.S. tax credits and export control loopholes.
“Deterring China’s aggression on the world stage is crucial to ensure stability in the United States and our allied nations,” Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) told The Epoch Times about the coming week.
China’s ownership of U.S. farmland has been a top concern of lawmakers and state leaders. It’s also an issue on which Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) is focused.
He told The Epoch Times, “Food security is national security, and for too long, the federal government has allowed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to put our security at risk by turning a blind eye to their steadily increasing purchases of American farmland.”
Chinese interference in the U.S. elections has been a known threat for years.