GOP Pushes for New Law That Would Revive Justice Department's China Initiative

Republicans are pushing for a new law that would revive the Justice Department’s China Initiative, which was scuttled by the Biden administration, and they are seeking to rebrand it as a “CCP Initiative” aimed squarely at the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.

The DOJ announced in February that it would pull the plug on the 2018 initiative aimed at cracking down on China’s economic espionage following a year of criticism from fellow Democrats, hundreds of university professors, left-wing activists, and the CCP itself.

GOP senators introduced the Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act amid a growing Republican pushback against the DOJ’s decision to toss the Trump-era, China-focused effort in favor of a more nebulous effort aimed at “nation-state threats.” The new legislation was co-sponsored by Sens. Rick Scott, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson, Bill Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn, and Mike Braun.

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