House to Focus on China Threat When Congress Returns

With bi-partisan support, Republicans hope to fast-track the majority of the 30 bills aimed at…

The Epoch Times

With bi-partisan support, Republicans hope to fast-track the majority of the 30 bills aimed at protecting farmland, trade secrets, and critical infrastructure.

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 Monday.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) office published more than 30 bills, including those protecting U.S. farmland, trade secrets, critical infrastructure, and advanced technology from the Chinese regime’s predatory practices.

The Republican leadership has been working on such legislation for some time. Before the summer recess, Johnson said at Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, that he hoped to have a “significant package of China-related legislation signed into law by the end of this year.”

He added that China poses “the greatest threat to global peace” and that “Congress must keep our focus on countering China with every tool at our 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 congress members on the House floor, will limit the debate to 40 minutes. However, the prospect of the same package of legislation passing the Democratic-majority Senate is uncertain…