{"id":118609,"date":"2021-02-05T08:17:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118609"},"modified":"2021-02-05T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T15:06:16","slug":"blackburn-introduces-amendments-to-counter-china-and-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-introduces-amendments-to-counter-china-and-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Introduces Amendments to Counter China and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblackburn-introduces-amendments-to-counter-china-and-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Feb. 3 introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/congressional-record\/2021\/02\/03\/senate-section\/article\/S331-1\">number of amendments<\/a>\u00a0in opposition to the Democrat budget agenda focused on\u00a0restricting certain activities of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-iran\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This occurred while senators continue to debate on the 2021 budget resolution using the budget \u201creconciliation\u201d process, which\u00a0allows congressional Democrats to pass tax and spending bills by a simple majority vote.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn said her amendments \u201ccounteract the liberal agenda that is putting our nation on the wrong path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy list of amendments, Blackburn called for a\u00a0deficit-neutral reserve fund related to \u201cpreventing the support or implementation of the civil-military fusion strategy of the communist party of China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator wrote that this may include \u201cinvestigation of students, professors, researchers, or programs with declared or undeclared ties to the Communist Party of China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another of Blackburn\u2019s amendments targeted China-based company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-huawei\">Huawei<\/a>, and called for the U.S. government to prohibit the acquisition of telecommunications equipment produced by the company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2928811 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1128806510-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Huawei Cyber Security Lab\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Huawei logo is seen at the entrance of the Huawei Cyber Security Lab at a Huawei production base during a media tour in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China, on March 6, 2019. (Wang Zhao\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The senator\u2019s final amendment related to any\u00a0agreement between the United States and Iran and its nuclear or missile capabilities, and recommended any such agreements not move forward without\u00a0formal consideration by congress.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn noted that this may include a requirement that Congress formally approve such an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1357438909995696128?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">tweet<\/a> on Thursday,\u00a0Blackburn said she was \u201cfighting back\u00a0against radical left policies by introducing 13 different amendments to counteract the liberal agenda that is putting our nation on the wrong path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a bakers dozen of good ideas to help clean up this bad process,\u201d the senator said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne amendment would restrict China and another would prevent us from going back into the Iran nuclear deal, another would make sure that the Democrats have to get sixty votes on this budget, not do it with the simple majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) placed a hold on the confirmation of President Joe Biden\u2019s choice for Commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, saying she has not yet clarified whether she backs keeping China-based company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-huawei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huawei<\/a> on a restricted trade list.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3360474 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ted-cruz-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"ted cruz\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks to media in the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 28, 2020. (Charlotte Cuthbertson\/The Epoch Times)<\/p>\n<p>The day prior,\u00a0Cruz voted against approving Raimondo as Commerce secretary, saying that\u00a0her \u201cethics issues and soft stance on China,\u201d which included her refusal to commit to keeping Huawei on the\u00a0Entity List, was \u201cdeeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> previously placed Huawei on the Commerce Department\u2019s \u201cEntity List\u201d\u2014a trade blacklist\u2014due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Almost two dozen House Republicans, led by Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas), the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseForeignGOP\/status\/1356658503411195907\">released a statement<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week outlining the\u00a0threat they say the Chinese telecom equipment giant poses to national security.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has yet to clarify its intentions for Huawei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Feb. 3 introduced a number of amendments\u00a0in opposition to the Democrat budget agenda focused on\u00a0restricting certain activities of\u00a0China and Iran. 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