House Dems Defeat GOP Move Against ‘Bad Actors’ Behind China’s Forced Labor Camps

This photo taken on May 31, 2019 shows a watchtower on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

House Democrats defeated an effort by Republicans on June 16 to require public disclosure of and potentially sanction “bad actors” regarding China’s forced labor abuses identified in U.S. firms’ supply chains.

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) introduced a motion to recommit to be attached to the Democrat-sponsored “ESG Disclosure Simplification Act.” That motion was defeated 218–207, with five members not voting.