Hill November 9, 2023
Top Republicans on the select China House committee launched an inquiry Thursday into the Department of Veterans Affairs’s (VA) reliance on China for medical supplies, raising questions about whether it has taken any action to sever supply chain ties that create a national security risk.
Reps. Mike Gallagher (Wis.) and Mike Bost (Ill.) sent a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough concerned about thousands of medical equipment still being sourced through China since the COVID-19 pandemic without a clear path to reduce the reliance on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
“If our reliance on Chinese manufacturing and our lack of sufficient domestic production are not
properly addressed, our public health supply chain will remain at risk of manipulation by the
CCP, putting...
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