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Press Release Announcement
May 24, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During yesterday’s executive business meeting of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), in remarks made before the committee, commended the bipartisan efforts that helped produce the policy recommendations that were overwhelmingly adopted by the committee, on the topics of ending the CCP’s Uyghur genocide and Taiwan deterrence efforts.


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Committee Hearing Room
May 18, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Last night, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the CCP held its third hearing, focused on the economic and innovation competition between the two countries. The opening statement from Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) can be found below. Video of the Ranking Member’s opening statement can be found here, and of his question line can be found here.


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Press Release Announcement
May 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the CCP, released a statement regarding the new defense pact announced between the United States and Papua New Guinea.


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Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi
May 3, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep.


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Stop AAPI Hate protestors carry an American flag
April 26, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the CCP, and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), published a joint op-ed in USA Today about protecting AAPI communities against hateful rhetoric and violence as we seek to strengthen America’s competitive advantage at home and abroad.


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Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi
April 21, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and CCP, released the following statement regarding today’s announcement by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during his State of the Homeland address, directing the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a 90-day Department-wide spring to assess the threats posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in six critical areas and how the U.S.


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Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi
April 18, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party, released the following joint statement regarding the arrest of the Lu Jianwang and Chen Jinping, two suspected Chinese Communist Party operatives charged with setting up an illegal CCP police station in New York City.


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chess pieces
April 13, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, made the following statement regarding the recent trilateral announcement about critical next steps on the AUKUS Agreement between the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.


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chess pieces
April 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Haley Stevens (D-MI), members of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, published a joint op-ed in the Detroit Free-Press, explaining what the United States should do to address trade deficits with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in several key industries, including semiconductor chip manufacturing, lithium battery production, and rare-earth mineral mining.


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Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi
April 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party released the following joint statement regarding the sentencing of two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers by the Chinese Communist Party.