An Influential Lawmaker’s Strange Opposition to Banning China’s Dystopian Biotech Giants

The biggest mystery of “China Week” — a stretch of votes in the House on legislation designed to counter the Chinese Communist Party beginning today — is why an influential Democratic lawmaker has decided to whip against an effective ban of several Chinese biotech firms linked to the Chinese military and the CCP’s genocide of Uyghurs.

That bill, the BIOSECURE Act, is a popular measure that sailed through the committees of jurisdiction in the House and the Senate. But now, one of the Democratic caucus’s most prominent members is working to torpedo it.

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Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.

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The biggest mystery of “China Week” — a stretch of votes in the House on legislation designed to counter the Chinese Communist Party beginning today — is why an influential Democratic lawmaker has decided to whip against an effective ban of several Chinese biotech firms linked to the Chinese military and the CCP’s genocide of Uyghurs.

That bill, the BIOSECURE Act, is a popular measure that sailed through the committees of jurisdiction in the House and the Senate. But now, one of the Democratic caucus’s most prominent members is working to torpedo it.