{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/07/22/slotkin-moreno-bill-to-protect-national-economic-security-from-chinese-vehicles-advances-unanimously/", "Slotkin, Moreno\u00a0Bill to\u00a0Protect National\u00a0&\u00a0Economic Security from\u00a0Chinese Vehicles\u00a0Advances\u00a0Unanimously", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Elissa Slotkin", "S001208", "www.slotkin.senate.gov", "slotkin", "https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/newsroom/", "scraper", "Bill Receives Unanimous Bipartisan Support to Pass Out of Committee, Moves Forward to Consideration by Full Senate\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Bernie Moreno\u2019s (R-OH) Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 advanced from committee markup, receiving unanimous bipartisan support. The bill has gathered strong support from across the American auto industry and labor unions.\n\nThe Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 protects American drivers and automakers from Chinese-manufactured vehicles on our roads and in our markets. The legislation closes the door on Chinese-origin vehicles, software, and key components at every stage, from production, importation, to sale, so that data gathered on U.S. roads can\u2019t be funneled back to the Chinese government.\n\n\u201cChinese cars are surveillance packages on wheels, with the ability to collect on American citizens and transmit that data back to Beijing,\u201d said Senator Slotkin. \u201cThe Chinese Communist Party\u2019s playbook of heavily subsidizing their product and underselling the competition puts Michigan\u2019s auto industry and millions of American workers at risk. I\u2019m proud to see my bill advance out of committee today with unanimous bipartisan support, and I\u2019m looking forward to working alongside Senator Moreno, the American auto industry, and labor to get it over the finish line.\u201d\n\n\u201cChina\u2019s auto industry was not built to compete, it was built to destroy American manufacturing, gut the middle class, and undermine our national security,\u201d said Senator Moreno. \u201cFor decades, D.C. globalists propped up Chinese businesses\u2014now it\u2019s time for Congress to stop this cancer before it spreads through the American auto market.\u201d\n\nBill text can be found HERE and a one-pager can be found HERE.\n\nSupport for the Connected Vehicles Security Act of 2026:\n\n\u201cOur national and economic security relies on a strong US auto industry,\u201d said UAW President Shawn Fain. \u201cThe American Dream was launched and sustained out of good union auto jobs here in the United States. If we want to rebuild US manufacturing and raise standards for the working class, we can\u2019t keep offshoring and outsourcing our auto industry, driving a global race to the bottom for short term corporate profits. Our US auto industry must invest in cutting-edge technology and build affordable, high-quality vehicles for the American consumer, built by UAW autoworkers. We can\u2019t keep selling out the US working class to transnational corporations that have no respect for labor rights. By building on and strengthening the existing connected vehicles rule, this legislation puts common sense guardrails on a major threat to our nation\u2019s auto industry.\u201d\n\n\u201cGM commends Senators Moreno (R-OH) and Slotkin (D-MI) on the introduction of the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026,\u201d said General Motors. \u201cGeneral Motors supports policies that protect and strengthen American manufacturing and the global competitiveness of U.S. automakers, and we remain committed to long-term investments in our domestic workforce, facilities, and technology. As we have said many times, we can compete with anyone in the world when we are given a level playing field. We look forward to continuing to work with both offices through the legislative process.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe commend Senators Moreno and Slotkin on their bipartisan work to protect the U.S. industrial base. We look forward to working with Congress as the bill moves through the legislative process,\u201d said Ford Motor Company.\n\n\u201cThe Connected Vehicle Security Act addresses important issues related to connected vehicle security and fair competition in the U.S. market,\u201d said Stellantis. We look forward to working with Senators Moreno and Slotkin on the details as their legislation moves forward.\u201d\n\n\u201cChina has a strategy to dominate global automotive and battery manufacturing that presents a challenge to American economic and national security,\u201d said John Bozzella, president and CEO, Alliance for Automotive Innovation. \u201cWe need to make sure we\u2019re all playing by the same rules, but Chinese automakers are flooding markets around the world with cut-rate vehicles. Sens. Moreno and Slotkin don\u2019t want that to happen here. They\u2019re right. The legislation they introduced today sends a clear message: The U.S. will not throw open the doors to Chinese automakers to manufacture or sell here. The details matter, and we\u2019ll continue working with lawmakers to get this policy right, so all our member companies continue to succeed and thrive inside the U.S.\u201d\n\n\u201cAISI applauds Senators Moreno and Slotkin for their leadership on introducing the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026,\u201d said Kevin Dempsey, AISI president and CEO. \u201cThe American steel industry\u2019s success is inextricably linked to the health of U.S. automotive manufacturing. When U.S. automakers compete on a fair and secure basis, American steelmakers thrive alongside them. Chinese state-subsidized vehicles, produced outside the bounds of fair trade and with serious national security implications, threaten to undermine the entire domestic supply chain \u2014from research and development facilities to steel mills to the assembly lines. This bipartisan legislation takes an important step toward ensuring that the future of American mobility is built with American steel.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs the largest auto manufacturer in Ohio, Honda commends Senators Bernie Moreno and Elissa Slotkin on introducing the Connected Vehicle Security Act, which seeks to provide a fair and competitive marketplace for U.S. automakers,\u201d said American Honda Motor Co., Inc. \u201cAs global competition in the automotive sector intensifies, the bill importantly recognizes how American economic and national security are increasingly connected. Honda looks forward to working with the sponsors as the legislation evolves.\u201d\n\n\u201cSAFE strongly supports the Connected Vehicle Security Act which expands current law to combat the growing threat posed by Chinese automakers and suppliers, and the risks they pose to America\u2019s economic and national security,\u201d said Rachel McCleery, Executive Director of SAFE\u2019s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility. \u201cAfter gaining market access to Mexico and Canada, our geopolitical adversary is even closer to deploying vehicles on U.S. roads \u2013 vehicles that collect and transmit sensitive geolocation, infrastructure, and behavioral data at scale. This new legislation is a crucial step towards building secure and resilient supply chains, protecting our industrial base, and blocking real-time espionage and surveillance by foreign adversaries.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"]], "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.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/07/22/slotkin-moreno-bill-to-protect-national-economic-security-from-chinese-vehicles-advances-unanimously/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9571989066898823, "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"}