KAINE & CURTIS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS, COUNTER CHINA

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Securing Partner Supply Chains Act (https://www.kaine.senate.gov/download/securing-partner-supply-chains-act), bipartisan legislation to secure supply chains and counter China's growing influence. There is a significant gap in ability among the U.S. and its partners, particularly in the Western Hemisphere, to adequately screen foreign investment into critical sectors. The lack of safeguards leaves supply chains, ports, and critical infrastructure open to strategic acquisition and exploitation by China and other adversaries. For example, Chinese sta...