On December 30, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced movement on a key plank of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Farm Security Action Plan, which was unveiled earlier last year as a multi-agency effort to protect American agriculture, a critical part of maintaining national security.

It has been almost two years since the U.S. passed updated agency budgets. The current spending plans used by the Departments of State and Defense were drafted in 2023. During that period of time, China’s centralized government has been able to make dramatic changes to its pursuit of world dominance. 

New spot will air on digital platforms in select markets across the country with an emphasis on Florida and Texas.

As the Protecting America Initiative has argued before, when individual states impose a patchwork of laws that force agricultural suppliers to meet requirements that contradict federal standards, they undermine farmers and agricultural manufacturers, leaving them vulnerable to competitors from adversarial nations like China. The disruption caused by these extreme state laws undermine a robust domestic food supply and ultimately our national security. 

79% would be more likely to support a candidate who cracks down on Chinese medical companies operating in the U.S.

Echoing concerns seen across the country, Texans are alarmed by the growing reliance on Chinese medical devices and medical technology. Polling from the Protecting America Initiative found likely general election voters in Texas believe the U.S. is overly reliant on Chinese-made medical devices and medical technology manufacturing, are chiefly concerned about patient data privacy, and support tougher government action to reduce that dependence.

On his recently concluded trip through Asia, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with counterparts in Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and South Korea about the mounting threat from China and to “ensure that China understands that we have a credible deterrent.” During the trip, while on his way to a meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministers, the Secretary emphasized that China will remain a key focus of the upcoming National Defense Strategy. 2022’s National Defense Strategy had warned that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “is rapidly advancing and integrating its space, counterspace, cyber, electronic, and informational warfare capabilities to support its holistic approach to joint warfare.”  

The Protecting America Initiative has outlined dozens of ways that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing seeks to influence and shape life in the United States. The common feature of these efforts is increasing the CCP’s power in the U.S. and around the world.  

The Protecting America Initiative, a conservative nonprofit organization focused on safeguarding the nation from Communist China’s growing influence, released new polling today that found Floridians strongly support lawmakers who address the dependence the U.S. has on Chinese-made medical devices. These voters are overwhelmingly concerned about data privacy risks associated with U.S. hospitals using medical technologies from Chinese companies.

In today’s international order, America’s economic independence and national security are only as strong as our control over the materials that power them. From smartphones to fighter jets, the United States depends on an increasingly fragile global supply chain for the critical minerals that increasingly shape both our economic and political future. These materials are no longer just components of our economy. Rather, they are the backbone of our defense systems, energy infrastructure, and microchips that facilitate our domestic innovation. Today, however, the CCP controls the vast majority of its global production and processing.

The Protecting America Initiative (PAI) is launching a new ad in Florida highlighting the serious threat posed by Chinese-manufactured medical devices and the risk of sensitive U.S. patient data going straight to Beijing. 

The U.S. House Special Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Government (CCP) recently convened a roundtable of experts to address the means by which communist leaders in Beijing evade sanctions. The Special Select Committee found that the CCP has developed a sophisticated system for getting around punishments and U.S. mechanisms intended to keep sensitive material from the communist government. 

WASHINGTON — A new survey from the Protecting America Initiative (PAI), an organization dedicated to combating the threat of Communist China, reveals that the Trump Administration's recent crackdown on illegal Chinese-made vapes and the smoke shops that sell them has broad bipartisan support and that such efforts will be a winning issue for Republicans in swing districts during the 2026 midterm elections. 

Fabrizio Ward recently polled 1,000 registered voters in 28 Targeted Congressional districts on the topic of taking action against illegal Chinese vapes and smoke shops.

“Trump Is Making China Pay”

The Protecting America Initiative (PAI), an organization dedicated to combating the threat of Communist China, today released a new ad highlighting how President Donald Trump is standing up to China. “Taking on China” supports President Trump in his China trade deal negotiations and he puts America First. 

This week, the Protecting America Initiative launched an ad campaign highlighting the national security implications of relying upon medical supplies that are made by Chinese companies. From the potential for supply disruption to backdoors allowing for unfettered access to intimate medical data, U.S. reliance on Chinese medical devices places patients at risk of harm and exploitation. Here’s how. 

The Protecting America Initiative (PAI), an organization dedicated to combating the threat of Communist China, today announced a new ad highlighting the serious threat posed by Chinese-manufactured medical devices and the risk of sensitive U.S. patient data going straight to Beijing.

 The Protecting America Initiative (PAI), an organization dedicated to combating the threat of Communist China, today announced a new ad spotlighting President Trump’s leadership to support domestic agriculture production and national food security through tough tariffs on China and key actions by the Department of Agriculture. The campaign emphasizes the importance of keeping the U.S. food supply chain strong, resilient, and rooted in American farms and workers. 

In July, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins rolled out a plan to safeguard America’s food supply and established American agriculture as a crucial component of national security and a high priority for President Trump’s administration. Following in the footsteps of the National Farm Security Action Plan, House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson has included a commonsense provision in the Fiscal Year 2026 Interior and Environment appropriations bill that would go a long way toward establishing certainty for American farmers, ranchers, and agriculture industry. At a time when foreign adversaries, like the Chinese Communist Party, are threatening to disrupt our fundamental national and food security, we applaud Congressman Simpson for helping champion a practical fix to a challenging problem. 

The Protecting America Initiative, a coalition of concerned Americans and public policy experts dedicated to combating the growing influence of Communist China in the United States, today announced a new ad campaign urging State Republicans to hold Big Retailers accountable as they look to blame President Trump and his tariffs for the unnecessary price hikes they have recently implemented.