{"id":1560956,"date":"2022-07-19T11:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1560956"},"modified":"2022-07-19T11:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:19:21","slug":"hawley-proposal-targets-federal-consultants-who-also-work-for-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-proposal-targets-federal-consultants-who-also-work-for-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawley Proposal Targets Federal Consultants Who Also Work for China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fhawley-proposal-targets-federal-consultants-who-also-work-for-china%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=1560956&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. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) thinks it is \u201clong past time\u201d that the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal agencies stop doing business with consulting firms like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-mckinsey\">McKinsey<\/a> that also have contracts with elements of the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that these consultants are awarded huge contracts by our Defense Department and other federal agencies, while they are simultaneously working to advance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a>\u2019s efforts to coerce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-united-states\">United States<\/a> is appalling and completely unacceptable,\u201d\u00a0said Senator Hawley said in a July 18\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/new-hawley-bill-crack-down-mckinsey-management-consultants-china-contracts\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is well past time that we hold these companies accountable and prohibit this kind of conflict of interest in government contracting,\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, the Missouri Republican is introducing a legislative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-07\/Time%20to%20Choose%20Act%20of%202022_FINAL.pdf\">proposal<\/a>\u2014titled the \u201cTime to Choose Act\u201d\u2014that would prohibit federal agencies from contracting with consulting firms that hold a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party ((<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ccp\">CCP<\/a>), or any of either\u2019s subsidiaries, affiliates, or proxies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill would force these government contractors\u00a0to choose\u00a0whether to stand with the United States in its efforts to protect Americans against China\u2019s imperial ambitions, or forfeit U.S. government contracts,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawley statement singled out the London-based <a href=\"https:\/\/corporateofficeheadquarters.org\/mckinsey-company\/#:~:text=McKinsey%20%26%20Company%20was%20incorporated%20by,headquartered%20in%20London%2C%20United%20Kingdom.\">McKinsey &#038; Company,<\/a> which describes itself as a \u201cglobal management consulting firm,\u201d and noted that concerns have been raised in recent years about the 27,000-employee international corporate giant\u2019s relationship with China.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley pointed to a November 2021 NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/advising-both-chinese-state-companies-pentagon-mckinsey-co-comes-under-n1283777\">report<\/a> that found \u201cMcKinsey\u2019s consulting contracts with the federal government give it an insider\u2019s view of U.S. military planning, intelligence and high-tech weapons programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the firm also advises Chinese state-run enterprises that have supported Beijing\u2019s naval buildup in the Pacific and played a key role in China\u2019s efforts to extend its influence around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McKinsey, which also maintains a large office in the nation\u2019s capital, currently has nearly 1,400 individual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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