China

How the United States deals with China's government on security, trade and human rights, and with Chinese influence inside the United States.

Stand up to China and counter its threats

4 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Fighting China”
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“Andy Barr is leading the charge against the CCP. Andy led the STOP Chinese Fentanyl Act into law, which sanctions anyone involved in China with fentanyl manufacturing.”
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Sherrod Brown
Senate · Ohio · Democrat
“Sherrod is working to make sure foreign countries can’t cheat our trade laws and is pushing the Biden Administration to do more to stand up to the Chinese Communist government – which is threatening Ohio jobs in industries from steel to solar manufacturing.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“Last Congress, I introduced the Combatting Communist China Act, which would address U.S. supply chain dependence on China, prevent Chinese theft of intellectual property, and hold the Chinese government accountable for fentanyl trafficking.”
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Chris Pappas
Senate · New Hampshire · Democrat
“In Congress Chris has worked to safeguard American interests and values across the globe, support our allies, and protect democracy from the rising influence of authoritarian regimes like Russia, Iran, and China.”
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Hold China to fair trade rules and stop intellectual property theft

3 members
Sherrod Brown
Senate · Ohio · Democrat
“Sherrod is working to make sure foreign countries can’t cheat our trade laws and is pushing the Biden Administration to do more to stand up to the Chinese Communist government – which is threatening Ohio jobs in industries from steel to solar manufacturing.”
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Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“While we must insist that China play by the rules when it comes to trade and intellectual property, we must also recognize that our shared futures are better when we cooperate with each other for the benefit of all of our people, rather than compete in a zero-sum arms race that makes all of us less safe.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“Last Congress, I introduced the Combatting Communist China Act, which would address U.S. supply chain dependence on China, prevent Chinese theft of intellectual property, and hold the Chinese government accountable for fentanyl trafficking.”
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Hold China accountable for fentanyl trafficking

2 members
Andy Barr
Senate · Kentucky · Republican
“Andy Barr is leading the charge against the CCP. Andy led the STOP Chinese Fentanyl Act into law, which sanctions anyone involved in China with fentanyl manufacturing.”
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Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“Last Congress, I introduced the Combatting Communist China Act, which would address U.S. supply chain dependence on China, prevent Chinese theft of intellectual property, and hold the Chinese government accountable for fentanyl trafficking.”
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Avoid war with China through diplomacy and de-escalation

1 member
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“I oppose the warlike pathway that the foreign policy establishment has pursued with China. Our competition with China is not fated toward kinetic war. Where we compete, it should be with our research, development, and economic power, building solutions to the problems of the future.”
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“While we must insist that China play by the rules when it comes to trade and intellectual property, we must also recognize that our shared futures are better when we cooperate with each other for the benefit of all of our people, rather than compete in a zero-sum arms race that makes all of us less safe.”
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Cooperate with China on climate, AI and other shared challenges

1 member
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“International Public Cooperation and Governance Boards: We should negotiate a US-China treaty to pause and ban superintelligence, modeled on the Cold War deal in which Reagan and Gorbachev eliminated a class of nuclear missiles through inspections. A verification board would count chips and data centers, a scientific panel would share threat assessments, and a 24-hour hotline would flag incidents. Access to American chips and cloud services should be conditioned on signing and complying, and we should tighten chip export controls now.”
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“While we must insist that China play by the rules when it comes to trade and intellectual property, we must also recognize that our shared futures are better when we cooperate with each other for the benefit of all of our people, rather than compete in a zero-sum arms race that makes all of us less safe.”
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Cut U.S. dependence on China for critical goods

1 member
Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“Last Congress, I introduced the Combatting Communist China Act, which would address U.S. supply chain dependence on China, prevent Chinese theft of intellectual property, and hold the Chinese government accountable for fentanyl trafficking.”
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Out-compete China by investing in U.S. research and industry

1 member
Abdul El-Sayed
Senate · Michigan · Democrat
“I oppose the warlike pathway that the foreign policy establishment has pursued with China. Our competition with China is not fated toward kinetic war. Where we compete, it should be with our research, development, and economic power, building solutions to the problems of the future.”
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Counter Chinese government influence inside the United States

1 member
Kevin Hern
Senate · Oklahoma · Republican
“I introduced the Promoting Responsible Oversight to Eliminate Communist Teachings for Our Kids (PROTECT Our Kids) Act, legislation to prohibit federal funding through the Department of Education for any school which continues to host a Confucius Classroom.”
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“Part of the America First policy agenda is combatting the malign influence of the CCP within the United States.”
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“Recently, the House of Representatives passed my bill the PROTECT Our Kids Act, which would prohibit federal funding through the Department of Education for any school which continues to host a CCP influenced Confucius Classroom.”
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