On the recordDecember 21, 2020
Mr. President, I rise today to encourage all Americans to join the fight to support our Nation and our jobs and stand up against the growing threat of Communist China. I have been saying it for months: Buying American products is the No. 1 thing we can do to support American jobs and stand up to our foreign adversaries. There is a new Cold War occurring between the United States and Communist China, and we must be crystal clear about the negative impacts of continuing to buy Chinese-made products. General Secretary Xi is a dictator and human rights violator. He is yet another Communist leader trying to be the dominant world power. The Communist Party of China is stripping the people of Hong Kong of their freedoms--as the Presiding Officer experienced when he was over there--cracking down on dissidents, militarizing the South China Sea, supporting Maduro's genocide in Venezuela, surveilling its citizens, and imprisoning more than 1 million Uighurs in internment camps simply because of their religion. Communist China is stealing American jobs and technology and spying on our citizens. Is this the kind of nation we want to be sending our money to? Absolutely not. Washington politicians have been too concerned with short-term political success and have long ignored the long-term threats of Communist China to our way of life but not anymore. It is time to take action.…





