Dems Turn Major China Bill Into Green Slush Fund

House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Gregory Meeks made eyebrow-raising changes to a piece of China legislation moving through his committee, slashing sections relating to vital national security issues and tucking in $8 billion to address climate change through a global slush fund.

The Green Climate Fund, an international organization backed by the United Nations, would receive $4 billion in both 2022 and 2023 through the Meeks bill.

The fund has already sent some $100 million to China in the hopes of reducing global emissions.

China uses forced labor in its climate change efforts and no mechanisms are present in the bill to keep American tax dollars apart from the forced labor supply chain.

Democrats missed an opportunity to do "Meaningful" work in countering China, and that the House package is a "Climate bill masquerading as a foreign policy bill."

"Any China-focused legislation must restrict the CCP's access to our technology, counter propaganda, take action against CCP military companies, and ensure we are protecting both Americans' sensitive data and U.S. businesses from CCP coercion. The EAGLE Act is a climate bill masquerading as a foreign policy bill and doesn't take the generational threat posed by the CCP seriously."

The House bill follows a pattern of several other Democrat-led China programs, which have often veered into ambitious domestic programs or liberal initiatives, rather than focusing on confronting Chinese human rights abuses or military buildup.

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