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Hawley Resolution to Condemn China and Demand Transparency over Spy Balloon Incident Passes Senate

Tonight the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution led by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its blatant violation of U.S. airspace and call for transparency regarding the Chinese surveillance balloon incident. “China’s decision to send a surveillance balloon into U.S. airspace was a gross violation of American sovereignty and it will not be tolerated. We must send a message – and get the facts from this administration about what’s going on in our...

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Hawley Demands Answers from DHS on China’s Spy Activities, Slams Lack of Transparency from Biden

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers on the Chinese government's espionage efforts within the United States, slamming the Biden administration for hiding these efforts from the American people. "For an entire week, the Biden Administration allowed the Chinese government to fly a surveillance balloon across the United States," wrote Senator Hawley. "The balloon flew over states...

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Hawley to Introduce Resolution Condemning Chinese Communist Party over Spy Balloon Incident

Following his letter to the Department of Homeland Security requesting information on China’s spy activities, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will introduce a Senate resolution to condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its blatant violation of U.S. airspace and call for transparency regarding the Chinese surveillance balloon incident. Senator Hawley said, “The CCP’s deployment of a surveillance balloon into U.S. airspace was a gross violation of...

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Hawley Demands Investigation into Chinese Spy Balloon, Slams Lack of Action from Biden

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) demanding an investigation into the Chinese surveillance balloon and slamming the Biden Administration’s lack of action. "As confirmed today by the Pentagon, there is currently a Chinese surveillance balloon moving across the United States. […] Yet rather than shooting down or otherwise disabling this high-altitude balloon, the Biden...

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Hawley, Peters Request Assessment from GAO on Security Risks & Conflicts of Interest Posed by Consulting Firms Working with China

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller Gene Dodaro requesting an assessment of the potential national security risks associated with companies simultaneously contracting with the U.S. government and the Chinese government or Chinese state-run enterprises.  "Companies that carry out taxpayer-funded projects for the U.S....

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Hawley, Gallagher Introduce New Bill Prohibiting Tax-Exempt Entities from Investing in Chinese Companies

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) introduced the Dump Investments in Troublesome Communist Holdings Act (DITCH Act). The new legislation requires university endowments, public pension plans, and other entities exempt from federal income tax to divest their investments in Chinese companies or lose their tax-exempt status. Senator Hawley said, “Universities, foundations, and other entities are exempt from federal income...

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Hawley: Beijing ‘lost its marbles’ over legislation to sanction CCP

The Chinese Embassy is furiously rebuking new legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to sanction President Xi Jinping over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s complicity in Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang. Senator Hawley issued the following comment in response to the Chinese Embassy’s criticism: Last week, Senator Hawley introduced new legislation to personally sanction Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with his top lieutenants in the...

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New Hawley Bill to Personally Sanction Xi Over Complicity in Uyghur Genocide

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will be introducing new legislation to personally sanction Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with his top lieutenants in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), over their complicity in the Uyghur genocide in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Senator Hawley said, “While Joe Biden is distracted, Xi Jinping is rapidly consolidating power within the Chinese Communist Party, power he intends to use to compel the world to turn a blind...

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Hawley Urges Biden Admin to Keep China Tariffs in Place, Open Investigation into Unfair Trade Practices

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai calling on the Biden Administration to maintain tariffs on Chinese goods and to initiate a new investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s unfair trade practices.  "China repeatedly violates the rules of international trade and unapologetically steals and cheats in its economic relationship with the United States,” wrote Senator Hawley. “The...

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