MEDIA PACKAGE: Select Committee on CCP Holds Hearing - "All Roads Lead to Beijing? The CCP's Global Development Offensive"

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held a hearing this morning titled "All Roads Lead to Beijing? The CCP's Global Development Offensive." Witnesses included Mr. David Trulio, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, Mr. Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Dr. Brad Parks, Executive Director of AidData, William & Mary's Global Research Institute.

Watch highlights from the hearing below.

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Chairman John Moolenaar:

“Any suggestion that [the CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative] is altruistic investment is a lie. The Chinese Communist Party is not interested in building infrastructure to be a friendly neighbor. It wants strategic control. It wants it at the expense of the U.S.” -

Click HERE for Chairman Moolenaar's opening remarks as prepared for delivery.

Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi:

“Today, [the CCP] has a military base in Africa, … in Argentina, and they have a suspected base in Cuba… It’s also now building deep-water ports across Latin America and the Caribbean through the BRI.”

Mr. David Trulio, CEO, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute:

"Through the Belt and Road Initiative the PRC is developing China-centric global infrastructure… and commercial networks in over 100 countries… & expose host countries’ sensitive infrastructure to PRC control.”

Read Mr. David Trulio's testimony HERE.

Mr. Daniel Runde, Senior VP, CSIS:

"The U.S. needs an alternative solution, rather than demand developing countries cease working with the CCP. The CCP is the go-to financier and builder of infrastructure in the developing world… we must be a better infrastructure development partner.”

Read Mr. Daniel Runde's testimony HERE.

Dr. Brad Parks, Executive Director of AidData, William & Mary's Global Research Institute:

“Beijing is several steps ahead of its competitors. The US and its G7 allies have underestimated the ambition of China’s efforts to overhaul Belt and Road.”

Reader Dr. Brad Park's testimony HERE.