SUBRAMANYAM LEADS RE-INTRODUCTION OF BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO CRACK DOWN ON INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR FORCED LABOR

Washington, Feb. 12 -- Representative Suhas Subramanyam issued the following press release:

Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) has re-introduced the No Funds for Forced Labor Act (H.R. 7516), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to prevent the ability for international financial institutions (IFIs) from providing support to any projects that risk using forced labor. This legislation encourages the opposition of IFI loans that pose significant risk of using forced labor, or occur in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where a significant amount of evidence has shown a forced labor system of Uyghurs and ethnic minorities by the Chinese government.

"U.S. taxpayer dollars have no business propping up companies that exploit forced labo...