CPA Coalition Letter to House Rules Committee Re Preventing Investing in Chinese Companies Undermining Basic Human Rights, American Values, and Interests

CPA sent the following letter to the House Rules Committee requesting they make in order amendments to the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would prevent individuals, entities, and the U.S. government from investing in harmful entities that undermine U.S. values, basic human rights, and the stated security objectives and interests of the U.S.…

CPA Coalition Letter to House Rules Committee re Protecting Federal Retirement Dollars from Flowing to China

CPA sent the following letter to the House Rules Committee requesting they make in order amendments that would protect American government employees from the harms caused by investing their hard-earned retirement dollars in an inefficient market, state- controlled companies, and adversarial country – the People’s Republic of China. The amendments would require the Federal Retirement…

CPA Letter to Leaders of the House and Senate Regarding Inclusion of Provision Targeting Companies Complicit in Forced Labor

CPA sent the following letter to Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader McCarthy regarding CPA’s support of the inclusion of a House-passed provision targeting certain companies complicit in forced labor in the final conference report of the China competition bill Download the letter here.  Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader…

CPA, Main Street Alliance, NCTO Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of National Critical Capabilities Defense Act

CPA, along with Main Street Alliance and the National Council of Textile Organizations, sent the following letter to the leaders of the House and Senate in support of the National Critical Capabilities Defense Act (NCCDA) being included in the final conference report of the China competition bill. NCCDA would require companies to disclose proposed offshoring…

CPA Letters to Leaders of House, Senate Health Care Committees Regarding FDA’s Failure on Essential Generic Medicines, Shortages

CPA sent the following letters to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) lack of action on addressing shortages of essential and lifesaving products, including critical generic medicines and baby formula, and the agency’s…

CPA Letter to President Biden Regarding Essential Generic Medicines, Excessive Offshoring, and Failure of Safety and Efficacy

CPA sent the following letter to President Joe Biden requesting that his administration take action to address the failures of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure Americans have access to safe, affordable, and reliable medicine. Dear President Biden: We write to you regarding the crisis facing our nation as a result of decades…

CPA Letter to President Biden Opposing Investing Federal Retirement Dollars in Chinese Companies

CPA sent the following letter to President Biden opposing the Federal Retirement Thrift investment Board (FRTIB) proposal to enable hundreds of millions or billions of dollars of federal employee pension money to flow to Chinese state-controlled companies. Dear President Biden, The Federal Retirement Thrift investment Board (FRTIB) is proposing to enable hundreds of millions or…

CPA Public Comment Letter Regarding Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

CPA submitted the following public comment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in response to the Notice Seeking Public Comments on Methods To Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured With Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China, Especially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Into the United States (Docket No.…

Coalition Letter Regarding America COMPETES Act of 2022 Provision on Presence of Chinese Companies in U.S. Capital Markets

CPA joined the following coalition letter requesting that the America COMPETES Act of 2022, the House China competition bill, include Section 3407 of the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) (S. 1260). This section requires an annual report regarding the material risks posed to the United States by the presence of companies incorporated in…

Coalition Letter Regarding the COMPETES Act’s Inclusion of Legislation to Address De Minimis Loophool

CPA joined the following coalition letter in support of the inclusion of Representative Earl Blumenauer’s (D-OR) Import Security and Fairness Act in the America COMPETES Act, House Democrats China competition bill. CPA strongly supports the Import Security and Fairness Act, which will narrow an import loophole, known as de minimis, that is used by non-market…