Vote No. 154
Motion by Mr. Burgess to amend the rule to H.R. 4350 to make in order amendment #242, offered by Rep. McCaul (TX), which authorizes $300 million annually (through FY26) and establishes a fund to counter the malign global influence of the Chinese Communist Party (to undermine a free and open international order and the national security, sovereignty, and economic security of the U.S. and other countries) through activities to: promote transparency and accountability, support civil society and independent media, counter CCP-influenced criminal networks, encourage market-based and non-predatory development structures, expose CCP misinformation, counter undue PRC military influence, and counter CCP promotion of authoritarian ideology. Defeated: 4–9