Moolenaar Votes For Aggressive Measures to Reset the US-CCP Economic Relationship

Congressman John Moolenaar, a member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), voted for a report containing nearly 150 policy recommendations to reset the economic relationship between the U.S. and China. Included in the report is a recommendation pushed by Moolenaar to ensure American tax dollars do not go to companies beholden to the CCP. Another recommendation pushed by Moolenaar calls for national security guardrails to protect energy research. Those measures and the entire report were adopted with wide bipartisan support from the members of the committee.

“Our economic relationship with the Chinese Communist Party must change. The CCP has been using its economic aggression to take advantage of American policies. Michigan workers and businesses are hurting because of it. The policies recommended by my colleagues and I must be addressed by Congress to help ensure our country is competing on a level playing field,” said Moolenaar. “My recommendations to safeguard energy research and make sure CCP-affiliated companies do not receive taxpayer funding are crucial to the future of our nation. Congress should quickly heed the Select Committee’s recommendations, including passing my NO GOTION Act.”

The recommendation supported by Moolenaar on prohibiting green energy tax credits for CCP-affiliated companies on page 38 reads "Enacting strong guardrails for tax credit eligibility to ensure federal incentives aimed at bolstering U.S. competitiveness do not benefit the CCP."

The provision on battery research security is on page 46 and it says, "Encourage and fund research for electric vehicle (EV) battery technology—particularly alternative battery chemistries—including for the manufacturing of advanced prototypes. Support efforts to scale up the domestic supply chain for EV batteries, while ensuring the implementation of national security guardrails against the flow of federal incentives to the CCP."

In November, Moolenaar introduced the No Official Giveaways Of Taxpayers’ Income to Oppressive Nations (NO GOTION) Act. The bill would prohibit companies based in China, or the subsidiaries of those companies, from receiving green energy tax credits established under Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

The Select Committee’s full report can be found here.