Despite Bipartisan Opposition, Federal Retirement Board Moves Ahead with Controversial Plan to Invest Federal Retirement Savings in China

WASHINGTON — Despite bipartisan opposition from lawmakers in the House and Senate, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) yesterday proceeded to begin investing federal retirement savings from the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) — the largest defined contribution plan in the world — in bad-actor Chinese companies. The FRTIB’s new Mutual Fund Window will add…

Xinjiang Police Files Expose Shocking, Unprecedented Evidence of China’s Use of Forced Labor

SEIA & It’s Chinese Members Lobbying Against Vigorous Implementation of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Senator Sherrod Brown on SEIA: “They’ve enabled the Chinese government and Chinese manufacturers to undercut American trade law… If we continue the way [SEIA] wants to go, we’ll never have solar manufacturing in this country.” [National Journal, 5/26/22]   WASHINGTON…

CPA Applauds Brown, Casey, Kaptur Bicameral Letter in Support of Commerce Investigation into Illegal Chinese Circumvention

Senators, Members Call out SEIA as Agent of China WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA), along with U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), led a bicameral letter to President Biden to express their support for the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) investigation into…

CPA Urges Senate, House Leaders to Include National Critical Capabilities Defense Act in Final China Competition Bill

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America, along with Main Street Alliance and the National Council of Textile Organizations, sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate in support of the bipartisan, bicameral National Critical Capabilities Defense Act (NCCDA) being included in the final conference report of the China competition bill.…

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 Applauds Bipartisan Brown, Portman Letter Urging Biden to Keep Section 301 Tariffs in Place

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) for leading a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden in support of continuing the Section 301 tariffs imposed on China. The tariffs were imposed after a U.S. investigation found that China was stealing hundreds of billions…

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 Applauds Effort by Sen. Rubio, Colleagues to Protect Federal Retirement Dollars from Dangerous Chinese Companies

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded a letter from U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and his colleagues urging Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board’s (FRTIB) Acting Chairman David Jones to abandon its plan to open a new “Mutual Fund Window” beginning June 1, 2022 for federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) participants.…