Today, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the China Task Force, released the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously in support of the Hong Kong People’s Freedom and Choice Act, a comprehensive bill that includes language from Congressman Curtis’s Hong Kong Safe Harbor… Read more »
By: John Curtis and Chris Stewart
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2020/9/30/21495691/guest-opinion-china-task-force-communist-party-chris-stewart-john-curtis-ccp
The astonishing depth and breadth of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aggression laid out this week by the House China Task Force is unparalleled anywhere in the world. Serving on that task force, we have both been astounded… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and China Task force, delivered the following remarks on the House Floor. The Congressman advocated for his bill, the Li Wenliang (李文亮) Global Public Health Accountability Act, that would authorize sanctions with respect to the deliberate concealment or… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the China Task Force, released the following statement after his amendment, the Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act, passed with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last night. Read more »
By: John Curtis
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/506010-the-us-must-stand-with-the-people-of-hong-kong-as-they
In 1997, Hong Kong was handed off from Great Britain to China in accordance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, which stipulated that Hong Kong must enjoy a “high degree of autonomy” for 50 years before it is officially under… Read more »
In response to China’s national security law, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is leading a bipartisan coalition to introduce the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act, which would designate the people of Hong Kong as Priority 2 refugees, streamlining their admission process to the United States, and opening up an asylum route for frontline… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-Chair of Ideological Competition for the China Task Force, and Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor introduced the Foreign Advanced Technology… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after being named to the newly-formed China Task Force. The Task Force will bring together select members from key committees to help reinforce Congressional efforts to counter current and emerging cross-jurisdictional threats from China. The Task Force was… Read more »
By Rep. John R. Curtis and Khosrow B. Semnani
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/493822-biden-gets-it-wrong-on-iran-policy
Former Vice President Joe Biden is universally respected for his compassion and humanity—a capacity to stand with people in their darkest moments of personal grief and collective suffering.
With the Coronavirus pandemic… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement about his bill to hold accountable foreign officials who attempted to conceal public health information related to COVID-19 during its early discovery and give authority to sanction any foreign official who may conceal a future outbreak.
The Congressman… Read more »
