Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Two House lawmakers have introduced legislation that would bar employees of Chinese companies linked to Beijing’s military from entering the United States
The vote effectively ensures Section 702 will expire for the first time since it was enacted in 2008.
House Republicans have also endorsed the change, which means the Defense Department rebrand pushed by the Trump administration could become law this year.
The Florida Republican had blocked promotions amid a dispute involving a Florida shipbuilder.
The ruling comes in the final days of the primary campaign between the former city comptroller and Rep. Dan Goldman.
On Thursday, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), Democrats’ ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pledged to investigate Vice President Vance’s role in the Trump administration’s “cover-up” of actions tied to now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. His comments follow a report from The New York Times that alleged Vance headed the White…
Outgoing Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Thursday vowed to be “more of a menace than ever” as her term winds down. Responding to comedian Rob Schneider praising her as the “champion we didn’t deserve,” Mace wrote on social platform X, “Never thought I’d get my Congressional send-off from Deuce Bigalow.” Schneider played Deuce Bigalow, a…