By Casey Harper (The Middle Sq.)
A number of Republican senators launched new laws this week that might forestall U.S. taxpayer {dollars} from going to sure Chinese language companies.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., launched the Flip Off the Faucet Act together with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. The invoice would cease any federal funds from going to corporations which were blacklisted by the Division of Commerce’s Entity Checklist and the Non-SDN Chinese language Army-Industrial Advanced Corporations Checklist.
“It’s not solely harmful to fund Chinese language companies with American taxpayer {dollars}, nevertheless it’s additionally dumb,” Rubio stated. “This invoice would prohibit federal funds from bankrolling Chinese language and different companies we all know aren’t appearing in our greatest curiosity.”
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Lawmakers additionally argued China is making the most of the U.S. whereas not addressing its human rights violations.
“We all know Communist China will cease at nothing to attempt to exploit American markets and reap the benefits of American companies working throughout the genocidal regime’s borders,” Scott stated. “The Flip Off the Faucet Act will cease the circulation of hardworking People’ {dollars} to nations like Communist China who need to damage our financial system. This laws is a no brainer, and I urge the assist of my colleagues for its fast passage.”
The federal funding goes to those corporations through federal grants or contracts which, apart from the nationwide safety issues, threatens American companies since Chinese language corporations have a historical past of predatory funding and stealing U.S. mental property.
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Consultants say Chinese language corporations typically use cultural change applications or shell corporations to entry U.S. funding.
“It’s unconscionable that the Biden administration has enabled the Chinese language Communist Celebration to rake in money from American taxpayers,” Blackburn stated. “Slightly than letting Joe Biden award grants or signal federal contracts that undermine the USA, I’m cosponsoring laws to chop our adversaries off. The White Home must cease emboldening the New Axis of Evil and begin placing America first.”
Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., launched companion laws within the Home with the identical aim.
“The American folks’s tax {dollars} shouldn’t be invested in blacklisted Chinese language corporations,” she stated. “But in the present day, due to weak insurance policies in Washington, they proceed to be. It’s time we lower off the faucet.
“The Chinese language Communist Celebration’s predatory commerce insurance policies, important human rights abuses, and threats to American safety are completely unacceptable.”
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an analogous invoice Monday, the “Time to Select Act,” which might “prohibit the Division of Protection and different federal businesses from contracting with consulting companies like McKinsey & Firm who’re concurrently offering providers to the Chinese language authorities or its associates.”
Hawley stated, “The truth that these consultants are awarded enormous contracts by our Protection Division and different federal businesses, whereas they’re concurrently working to advance China’s efforts to coerce the USA is appalling and utterly unacceptable. It’s nicely previous time that we maintain these corporations accountable and prohibit this type of battle of curiosity in authorities contracting.”
Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.
