{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-cosponsors-bipartisan-bill-to-combat-national-security-threats-from-china", "King Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Combat National Security Threats from China", "2025-06-17", "2025", "2025-06", "Independent", "Senate", "ME", "Angus S. King, Jr.", "K000383", "www.king.senate.gov", "angusking", "https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/table", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), is cosponsoring legislation to counter threats to U.S. national security posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act would direct the Attorney General to prepare a report on the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) efforts to combat threats from China and espionage in the United States, so that the federal government can better form a fact-based, up-to-date strategy to contain and confront China.\n\nChina poses one of the greatest threats to the United States\u2019 national security and economy. In February 2023, the United States Air Force shot down a Chinese spy balloon that had traveled through American airspace for several days \u2014 an apparent act of Chinese provocation. It was also revealed last year that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has secretly been operating \u201cservice centers\u201d across America \u2014 raising questions about China\u2019s surveillance efforts in our country. Additionally, China has leveraged much of its legal system to steal American intellectual property. It leads America\u2019s adversaries as the top thief of United States\u2019 intellectual property (IP). According to the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property, the CCP has stolen IP that is estimated to cost the United States from $225 billion to $600 billion every year.\n\n\u201cFor decades, the Chinese Communist Party has consistently worked to undermine our national security, weaken our economy and steal intellectual property,\u201d said Senator Angus King. \u201cThe first step in combatting any threat is to ensure we have a clear understanding of the facts. The bipartisan Counting Chinese Espionage Reporting Act would be a commonsense, invaluable step forward in countering these serious threats posed by Chinese agents. By using our own intelligence and annual reporting from the Department of Justice, we can better protect our communities and companies from foreign bad actors.\u201d\n\nThe Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act would:\n\nDirect the U.S. Attorney General, in coordination with other relevant government agencies, to prepare an annual report on the DOJ\u2019s efforts to counter threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).\n\nSpecifically, the report would include details pertaining to:\n\nThe theft of American intellectual property (IP) and research\n\nThreats from non-traditional collectors, such as researchers in laboratories, at universities and at defense industrial base facilities\n\nAn accounting of DOJ resources dedicated to combating threats from the CCP\n\nA member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator King is recognized as a thoughtful voice on national security and foreign policy issues. Alongside the Maine delegation he urged the DOJ to crackdown on illegal Chinses-owned marijuana operations in Maine. In the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), he secured a key provision requiring the Secretary of Defense to submit yearly reports focused on deterring hostility from adversaries like China and Russia. During hearings, Senator King has been a vocal advocate for strengthening the United States\u2019 deterrence strategy to defend itself from multiple forms of Chinese aggression.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "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://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/king-cosponsors-bipartisan-bill-to-combat-national-security-threats-from-china"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8451719768345356, "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"}