{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/media-package-moolenaar-hosts-community-roundtable-gotion", "MEDIA PACKAGE: Moolenaar Hosts Community Roundtable on Gotion", "2024-07-26", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "House", "MI", "John R. Moolenaar", "M001194", "moolenaar.house.gov", "moolenaar", "https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Watch Congressman Moolenaar's Opening Remarks: \"Finally, you should know the brave men and women of our military want nothing to do with Gotion, as the Department of Defense is prohibited from buying the company\u2019s batteries. So why would we allow this company to receive tax dollars, buy our land, and build a factory here?\n\nThis morning, Congressman John Moolenaar hosted a roundtable discussion in Green Charter Township to discuss Gotion's ties to the Chinese Communist Party, its reliance on forced labor used by China for its supply chain, and the CCP's growing hostility towards the United States. Moolenaar was joined by Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL), and the following witnesses:\n\nJason Kruse, Supervisor, Green Charter Township\n\nAmanda Piker, Concerned Citizens of Manteno (Illinois)\n\nEmily de La Bruy\u00e8re, Co-Founder, Horizon Advisory\n\nMr. Brian Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President, American Global Strategies\n\nAmbassador Joseph Cella, Head of the Michigan-China Economic Security Review\n\nA full recording of today's round table can be found here.\n\nWatch Highlights of the roundtable below:\n\nCongressman John Moolenaar:\n\n\"The issues in this community today are a fight between David and Goliath. The small town of 3,200 people versus the giant, multinational company that is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies and bullying its way into town.\"\n\nClick here for Congressman Moolenaar's opening remarks as prepared for delivery.\n\nCongressman Darin LaHood discussed how the CCP does not abide by the same rules as every other industrialized nation.\n\nGreen Charter Township Supervisor Jason Kruse provided an update regarding the Gotion project.\n\nAmanda Piker shared how Gotion is impacting her local community.\n\nEmily de La Bruy\u00e8re spoke about the strategy of the CCP industrial policy to establish global dependence on the CCP's products, specifically electric vehicles.\n\nBrian Cavanaugh discussed how the tactics of the CCP are developing to threaten to the United States.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/media-package-moolenaar-hosts-community-roundtable-gotion"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4801188372075558, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}