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John Moolenaar, the Michigan Republican who chairs the House Select Committee on China, urged the next Congress to renew the panel's mandate in a statement released November 9. He said the committee should keep its bipartisan China policy work going when lawmakers return early next year. In the statement, Moolenaar said the committee had brought Republicans and Democrats together over nearly four years to address threats he said the Chinese Communist Party poses to American interests and values. He said the panel had exposed the party's exploitation of the U.S. economy, workers and innovators, and cited bipartisan efforts on supply chains, on denying Beijing key technologies and resources, and on supporting people fighting for freedom. He warned that challenges were growing more urgent as artificial intelligence competition intensifies and China's coercion of U.S. allies escalates, calling the coming two years a critical period. Voice of America reported the statement, which comes amid questions about the panel's future. The committee was created in January 2023 under House Resolution 11, introduced by then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as a temporary investigative and policy panel. The 120th Congress is scheduled to convene on January 3, 2027.