GOP Lawmakers Urge Biden to Take Tougher Stance on Chinese Regime After First Speech to Congress

US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as Speaker of the House US Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) looks on in the House chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Republican lawmakers have criticized President Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress for not taking a tough enough stance against the Chinese communist regime, especially over its severe human rights abuses.

Biden, in remarks to a joint session of Congress on April 28, warned that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “deadly earnest on becoming the most significant, consequential nation in the world.”