Third District Representative Jim Banks has co-introduced the bipartisan SHIELD Act.
The legislation would establish an Office of Economic and Security Preparedness and Resilience to set priorities to ensure resilient United States supply chains and robust domestic production in sectors vital to national security.
It would help eliminate supply chain dependency on China and is inspired by a recommendation from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2022 Annual Report to Congress.
Said Congressman Banks: “As the COVID-19 pandemic made horribly clear, America’s reliance on China for making basic things like medicine and critical minerals is a huge liability. Our bill would shine a light on where other such vulnerabilities exist and help revitalize our industrial base to fix them.”
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Maybe they can get Nick Fury to head it up…
Good idea, lousy name.
Will they be called Agents? Asking for a friend.
Just what we need another office in the government to be used to abuse us at some point.
Where exactly in the 18 Enumerated Powers of Congress found in Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution is this idea found??
My endorsement for US Senate is hereby rescinded.
“to regulate commerce with foreign nations”