Accountability

“Secretary Jocelyn Benson has hurt the public’s trust in Michigan elections as her department failed to prevent this illegal vote from being cast and will count it in the results next week. The University of Michigan should expel this student for violating our laws and our state’s leaders need to take serious action against the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to influence our state. Secretary Benson must tell us how she will prevent similar election fraud in the next week, and how she will secure our elections against CCP interference. Governor Whitmer must cancel the state’s $715 million giveaway of taxpayer money to CCP-affiliated Gotion and end its plans to build near Camp Grayling. Finally, U-M President Santa Ono needs to shut down his university’s institute with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which collaborates with China’s military. Until these actions happen, our state's security, elections, universities, and auto supply chains will remain vulnerable to CCP influence,” said Congressman John Moolenaar.

Today’s announcement by the Treasury Department leaves the door wide open for Gotion and other Chinese companies to receive federal tax credits. It is a disgraceful policy that will take money from hardworking Michigan families and funnel it straight to Beijing while forcing our Michigan automakers to become more dependent on supply chains controlled by China.

We write to express our deep concern regarding the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s apparent failure to block Gotion Incorporated (Gotion)—an entity with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—from developing a large industrial site near a major U.S. military installation.

“There were massive security failures which allowed for the failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump, the murder of firefighter Corey Comperatore, and the shooting of two other victims. This bipartisan task force will get answers about what happened and demand accountability for these failures to help ensure they never happen again,” said Moolenaar.

“Director Cheatle failed the American people and the brave Secret Service agents under her leadership with poor executive decisions and a lack of accountability. It is a miracle President Trump is alive today. The new leadership of the U.S. Secret Service will be tasked with restoring confidence in the organization, and to do so they must be cooperative, transparent, and determined to ensure the safety of our nation’s leaders,” said Congressman John Moolenaar, who called for the resignation of Cheatle yesterday. 

“Americans want answers from Director Cheatle about why her agency failed to stop a deadly attack and attempted assassination. In her testimony today she was not transparent and failed to provide meaningful information. She should resign her position because the American people deserve accountability and the Secret Service deserves a better leader,” said Congressman John Moolenaar.

“President Biden’s failed policies have caused inflation to skyrocket over the last three years and Michigan families feel the pain every time they go to the grocery store. They are also increasingly concerned that the president’s health makes him unfit for office. I hope Michigan reporters will ask the President directly if he has the capacity to serve as the leader of the free world and make crucial decisions about the safety of our servicemembers and national security,” said Congressman John Moolenaar.

“American tax dollars should never be used to further the Chinese Communist Party’s hopes to dominate key technologies at our expense. That’s why I am proud to co-lead the Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act which would stop the Department of Homeland Security from using American taxpayer dollars to purchase Gotion, CATL, or other Chinese batteries. Our military has already banned these batteries and DHS should do the same,” said Moolenaar.