[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         HOUSE CHINA TASK FORCE

  (Mr. LaHOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, last year, I was proud to serve on the House 
China Task Force with a number of my Republican colleagues. Over six 
months through engagement and consultation with national security and 
trade officials, foreign policy experts, the business community, and 
government officials, we compiled and unveiled a comprehensive report 
with more than 400 policy recommendations for how to address the 
existential challenges posed by China.
  Addressing the challenges posed by China will be one of the greatest 
issues Congress and our country face in the decades to come. As we 
confront these issues, bipartisan work is needed. The China Task Force 
report provides a roadmap with specific policy ideas and goals 
regarding how the U.S. can better combat the threat of the Chinese 
Communist Party. Two-thirds of the legislative recommendations are 
bipartisan; and, overall, more than one-quarter of the recommendations 
have already become law or have been implemented by the prior Trump 
administration.
  As members of the Ways and Means Committee, we authored important 
provisions of the report that will help return American intellectual 
property and critical supply chains to the United States. We also 
included legislation to reform and strengthen the World Trade 
Organization to level the playing field for American trade.
  Mr. Speaker, to preserve and grow national economic security, we need 
to act. I ask everyone to read the report and work with us to get this 
done in a bipartisan way.

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