Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) blasted Democrats’ COMPETES Act for failing to counter China, despite it being marketed by Democrats as a means to increase U.S. competitiveness with the eastern superpower.
“Their fake China bill doesn’t just fail to counter China—it actually helps China by lifting visa limits on high-skilled foreign nationals, failing to protect research from Chinese espionage and not enforcing Section 117 requirements,” Banks said. “When [Chinese leader Xi Jinping] read the bill, he breathed a sigh of relief.”
