Washington, D.C. – Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-01), a member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reintroduced the No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act, prohibiting U.S. contracts with companies tied to forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China. This legislation passed the House in the last Congress but was not brought up for a vote in the Senate.
“Slavery in any form is morally repugnant, and America must not be complicit in the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide and oppression,” said Congressman Moran. “Xinjiang is central to China’s economy, yet behind its industries lies a horrifying reality—mass detention, forced labor, and brutal oppression. The United States cannot turn a blind eye. We must act decisively against companies complicit in these abuses and take a firm stand against totalitarian regimes. If we allow China’s influence to grow unchecked, the atrocities happening to the Uyghurs today will spread wherever the CCP extends its reach. America must lead with strength and refuse to be complicit in this cruelty.”
Background:
The CCP is oppressing the Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities and detaining them in “reeducation centers” for forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. Many raw materials such as textiles, bricks, cotton, polysilicon, are produced using forced labor in this region such and then sold globally where they are manufactured into a final product.
Congressman Moran’s legislation will prohibit funds to the U.S. Department of State to finance global projects in partnership with companies or organizations that import products mined, produced, or manufactured in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.
