For Immediate Release
September 10, 2024
Contact:
Arthur Bryant 202-225-1621
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after her Export Control Enforcement and Enhancement Act passed the House. The legislation cuts red tape to ensure sensitive American technologies are not sold to foreign adversaries.
“China, Iran, and Russia have formed a new axis of evil to attack our national security interests and help each other circumvent U.S. export controls. They have created a massive network designed to maintain the flow of controlled Western technologies to dictatorships like Russia, Iran, and North Korea, with China at the center. The current export control regime is simply too slow and cumbersome to prevent Chinese and other companies from accessing sensitive technologies that can be used to give our adversaries a military edge.
“My legislation would give the Departments of State, Defense, and Energy greater ability to propose changes to the Entity List, a roster of foreign companies, research institutions, and individuals who pose a serious national security risk to the United States and are prohibited from purchasing sensitive American products. It would also ensure those recommendations are acted on and are not left to languish in red tape by setting a thirty-day clock to address proposed changes. These reforms will make our export control regime agile and airtight, and they will give the United States the tools to fight back when our adversaries try to cheat the system.”
Arthur Bryant
Communications Director
Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-2)
2350 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515