A bipartisan piece of legislation targeting communist China’s malign influence has been introduced in both the House and the Senate to protect U.S. interests at ports around the world.
Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced the Strategic Ports Reporting Act (S.777) on Feb. 27. In a statement, Budd said China’s efforts to control global trade, as evident by its influence on the Panama Canal, called for the need of the legislation.
“The United States must face this reality head on, and the first step is comprehensive monitoring of PRC activities at domestic and foreign ports that threaten our national interest,” Budd said, using the acronym for the People’s Republic of China….