On Thursday, March 27, the U.S. House passed H.R. 1048, the DETERRENT Act, with bipartisan support. The final vote was 241-169. This legislation takes important steps to increase transparency when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence within America’s colleges and universities. The Protecting America Initiative applauds the House of Representatives for addressing this important issue and urges Senate passage of H.R. 1048.  

The Protecting America Initiative, a coalition of concerned citizens and policy experts committed to countering Communist China’s growing influence in the U.S., today launched a new TV and digital ad urging Missouri’s Republican state senators to support President Trump’s anti-CCP agenda by addressing their threat to our food supply and protecting American agriculture producers.

In February, President Donald Trump hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, D.C., wherein the two leaders reaffirmed ties between the United States and India in addition to announcing the launch of a new initiative – the “U.S.-India COMPACT (Catalyzing Opportunities for Military Partnership, Accelerated Commerce & Technology) for the 21st Century.”

The Protecting America Initiative has long highlighted the fact that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is actively engaged in an effort to overtake America as the world’s foremost superpower.

On Wednesday, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders built upon the state’s previous successes in passing protections against Chinese Communist Party (CCP)threats and introduced the “Communist China Defense” legislative package in the state capitol.

For at least five years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been actively attempting to undermine the American economy and gain access to U.S. land. China is openly committed to thelong-term goal of world dominance and sees exerting control over aspects of American life as a key to that objective.  

President Trump: “China hopefully is going to stop sending us drugs and if they're not, the tariffs are going to go substantially higher.”

Investing in domestic data centers ensures that American interests come first.

As the Protecting America Initiative has frequently reported, states around the country are taking action to protect their citizens from the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). From protecting U.S. agriculture from unfair competition to ensuring that states prioritize American products in contracting, there are transformative policy changes being enacted around the nation.

The Protecting America Initiative (PAI) today announced Former Acting United States Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf is joining the organization as a Senior Advisor. The addition of Wolf comes as PAI looks to expand its efforts from advocating for state policies to combat the ChineseCommunist Party’s influence in America to also supporting President Trump’s agenda to do the same at the federal level.

“States are taking action against illicit Chinese vapes. More state leaders can act now to fight with Trump against illicit Chinese vapes.”

President Trump’s first weeks in office have been defined by an unprecedented whirlwind of action. He’s moving so fast to complete his campaign promises that many people in Washington are having a hard time keeping up. One of the most important pledges that the President is already fulfilling is getting tough on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop the flow of drugs into American communities. 

Ad Urges Lawmakers to Keep the Food Supply “Made in America.”

Ad Will Air During Super Bowl in Jefferson City and Urges Lawmakers to Keep the Food Supply “Made in America.”

On Wednesday this week, the North Dakota Senate’s Industry and Business Committee held a hearing on HB 1038 – a bill that would fund the replacement of the nearly 90% of drones owned by state agencies that were manufactured in China.

President Trump celebrated his first day in office by signing Executive Orders that will fight Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in the United States and protect American jobs. To help support the president’s effort, the Protecting America Initiative launched a multi-state ad campaign this week that encourages states to pass laws to safeguard our farmers and our food supply.  

Ad to run in key agriculture states Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia

Five-Figure Ad Buy is Set to Run in Key Agriculture States

The Protecting America Initiative, a coalition of concerned American citizens and public policy experts dedicated to combating the growing influence of Communist China in the United States, today released a new ad calling on Republican state legislators to support President Trump’s agenda by taking action against the urgent threat that Communist China poses to American agriculture. The ad will run on national cable channels such as Fox News in the key agricultural states of Missouri, Iowa, Georgia, and Idaho.

In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has engaged in a troubling new power grab that could jeopardize the future of America’s food security.  Companies connected to the CCP are amassing hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in the United States while simultaneously applying unfair business practices to undercut American agricultural supply companies.

On Tuesday, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) posted notice to the Federal Register and added several new companies to a list of entities it deemed as falling within the definition of “Chinese military companies.” As the Pentagon explained in its annual report to Congress, the Chinese Communist Party’s goal is to “to strengthen all the [People’s Republic of China]’s instruments of national power by melding aspects of its economic, military, and social governance” and “establish an infrastructure that connects the military and civilian sectors” in order to advance its interests.