Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stood firm Thursday on his promise to kill a China competition bill should Democrats advance efforts to pass a $500 billion climate, Obamacare bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will submit text on Wednesday for a scaled-down Build Back Better bill, that would still aim to combat alleged climate change, lower drug prices, and raise taxes.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and other conservatives urged Republican and Democrat leadership on Monday to strip provisions from an anti-China bill that would grant amnesty, promote woke values, and boost climate change regulations, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), chair of the House Republican Study Committee (RSC), vows to fight the Democrat COMPETES Act.
Democrats introduced a bill on Wednesday to increase funding for semiconductor research to institutions vulnerable to Chinese espionage, an attempt to regain momentum after the failure of the “Build Back Better” agenda.
House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Patrick McHenry said in a statement on Wednesday that the House Democrats’ anti-China bill would do nothing to combat the “rise” of China, and that Democrats are “desperate” for a victory as their legislative agenda has stalled.
Top U.S. House conservatives are circulating a memo warning that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is attempting to lace the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with a radical bill that includes dozens of Critical Race Theory (CRT) provisions contained within his plan that purports to but does not actually counter the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
