GOP blasts Pelosi’s ‘weak’ and outdated China competition bill

Published January 28, 2022 7:51pm ET



House Speaker Nancy Pelosis vaunted “China bill,” meant to get tough on Beijing, is instead being blasted by Republicans as toothless, sloppy, and woefully outdated.

The bill, titled the “America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022,” is designed to help the United States compete with China, but House Republicans leveled harsh criticism toward it after it was unveiled on Tuesday.

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