Krishnamoorthi, Nine Select Committee Democrats Oppose the Rescissions Package, Call It Harmful to Strategic Competition with the CCP

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Andre Carson (D-IN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party issued the following statement regarding H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025:

“The proposed rescissions in H.R. 4 are a gift to the Chinese Communist Party that will deal a critical blow to American global leadership and help the CCP curry favor on the global stage. Republican efforts to cut key programs at the State Department, USAID, and related agencies deprive us of the tools needed to counter the CCP and protect our national security.

“Historically bipartisan funding accounts, from PEPFAR and UN contributions to the Democracy Fund, provide necessary alternatives to the CCP’s authoritarianism and malign influence for global allies and partners. The CCP has repeatedly shown its desire to replace America in the wake of the Trump Administration’s freeze of foreign assistance funding and programs. We cannot continue to cede this space to a foreign adversary like the CCP. Because of this, we strongly oppose H.R. 4.”

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