{"id":1568389,"date":"2022-07-24T07:48:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T11:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568389"},"modified":"2022-07-24T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T11:49:17","slug":"gop-lawmakers-coordinate-effort-to-stop-blacklisted-chinese-firms-from-receiving-u-s-tax-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-coordinate-effort-to-stop-blacklisted-chinese-firms-from-receiving-u-s-tax-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Coordinate Effort to Stop Blacklisted Chinese Firms From Receiving U.S. Tax Dollars"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fgop-lawmakers-coordinate-effort-to-stop-blacklisted-chinese-firms-from-receiving-u-s-tax-dollars%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=1568389&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2021-01\/GettyImages-1277292999.jpg?h=199d8c1f&#038;itok=RxXk-fqk\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Several Republican senators introduced new legislation this week that would prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from going to certain Chinese firms.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the Turn Off the Tap Act along with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. The bill would stop any federal funds from going to companies that have been blacklisted by the Department of Commerce\u2019s Entity List and the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only dangerous to fund Chinese businesses with American taxpayer dollars, but it\u2019s also dumb,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cThis bill would prohibit federal funds from bankrolling Chinese and other firms we know are not acting in our best interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers also argued China is taking advantage of the U.S. while not addressing its human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Communist China will stop at nothing to try and exploit American markets and take advantage of American businesses operating within the genocidal regime\u2019s borders,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThe Turn Off the Tap Act will stop the flow of hardworking Americans\u2019 dollars to countries like Communist China who want to hurt our economy. This legislation is a no-brainer, and I urge the support of my colleagues for its quick passage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The federal funding goes to these companies via federal grants or contracts which, aside from the national security concerns, threatens American businesses since Chinese companies have a history of predatory investment and stealing U.S. intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say Chinese companies often use cultural exchange programs or shell companies to access U.S. investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unconscionable that the Biden administration has enabled the Chinese Communist Party to rake in cash from American taxpayers,\u201d Blackburn said. \u201cRather than letting Joe Biden award grants or sign federal contracts that undermine the United States, I am cosponsoring legislation to cut our adversaries off. The White House needs to stop emboldening the New Axis of Evil and start putting America first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., introduced companion legislation in the House with the same goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people\u2019s tax dollars should not be invested in blacklisted Chinese companies,\u201d she said. &#8220;Yet today, because of weak policies in Washington, they continue to be. It\u2019s time we cut off the tap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party\u2019s predatory trade policies, significant human rights abuses, and threats to American security are absolutely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a similar bill Monday, the \u201cTime to Choose Act,\u201d which would \u201cprohibit the Department of Defense and other federal agencies from contracting with consulting firms like McKinsey &#038; Company who are simultaneously providing services to the Chinese government or its affiliates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley said, &#8220;The fact that these consultants are awarded huge contracts by our Defense Department and other federal agencies, while they are simultaneously working to advance China&#8217;s efforts to coerce the United States is appalling and completely unacceptable. It is well past time that we hold these companies accountable and prohibit this kind of conflict of interest in government contracting.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Republican senators introduced new legislation this week that would prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from going to certain Chinese firms.Sen. 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