House Republicans Will Continue To Stand Up To Communist China

House Republicans are continuing our work to combat the threat of Communist China and protect American values and national security. The two bills on the Floor today will safeguard our agricultural assets from foreign adversaries and ensure Congressional oversight in pandemic-related conventions of the World Health Organization (WHO).
MAKE NO MISTAKE: Since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, their failed foreign policy of appeasement has diminished our standing on the world stage, emboldened our adversaries, and plunged the world into a state of constant chaos. This week, House Republicans are working to restore the strength and dominance of the United States and combat the existential threat of the Chinese Communist Party.
FACTS ABOUT H.R. 9456 - The Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act (Courtesy of the House Committee on Financial Services Republicans):

• H.R. 9456 strengthens CFIUS's capacity to inspect sales of American agricultural land to entities associated with foreign adversaries, including China.
• The Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act will:
  • Ensure foreign purchases of American farmland are thoroughly scrutinized by formally adding the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS for reviews of foreign investments involving the control of an agribusiness and purchase of U.S. farmland.
• Ensure important agriculture related CFIUS cases are reviewed by requiring the Department of Agriculture to share information on all foreign investments in agriculture with CFIUS.
• While these changes were previously enacted into law as part of the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2024, H.R. 9456 will make them permanent and not dependent on appropriations riders.
• These provisions were also originally introduced as standalone measures and were unanimously supported in the House Financial Services Committee as:
  • H.R. 5409, the Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act, sponsored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03)
  • H.R. 3378, the Agricultural Security Risk Review Act, sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03)
• By passing H.R. 9456, House Republicans are protecting national security by ensuring foreign, agriculture-related investments-including those by CCP-linked entities-are appropriately scrutinized by CFIUS.

FACTS ABOUT H.R. 1425 - The No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act (Courtesy of House Committee on Foreign Affairs Republicans):

• Requires that any pandemic-related convention of the World Health Organization (WHO) must be considered and ratified by the U.S. Senate as a treaty (with two-thirds support) pursuant to Article II of the Constitution, before it can legally bind the United States.
• It is critical that any WHO pandemic convention follow the constitutional treaty process both because of the vast reach of any such agreement, and because of lingering public distrust of the WHO, given its manipulation by the Chinese Communist Party's deadly cover-up that contributed to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• The negotiation process for the treaty has not been transparent, and the convention draft under discussion has potentially huge implications for the American people:
  • The draft adds social, cultural, political, environmental, and climate issues to pandemic preparedness, and is unlimited in its potential scope.
  • It does not include clear protection of United States sovereignty, and only recognizes sovereignty "provided that activities within [a nation's] jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to their peoples and other countries."
  • The draft's deliberately vague and undefined endorsement of essential health services, universal health coverage, gender responsiveness, sustainable development goals, and other vague formulations, could be read as requiring support for abortion and other progressive priorities.
  • Without any requirement of consent by taxpayers, the draft commits signatories to contributing large sums to a Coordinating Financial Mechanism and to the World Bank's Pandemic Fund.
  • The draft would trample on intellectual property rights and hinder biotechnology innovation.
  • The draft includes no accountability or improved transparency measures for the CCP and its role in misleading the WHO and covering up the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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