LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – On the heels of the Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee approving 10-9 the funding of Chinese company Gotion in Mecosta County, Congressman John Moolenaar (R-Clare) expressed his disappointment in the vote and referred to it as a “mistake.”

“To take millions of dollars from Michigan taxpayers and give it to a subsidiary of a company that pledges allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party is a historic mistake by the Michigan legislature,” Moolnaar said.”This proposed facility will be 100 miles from Camp Grayling where the Michigan National Guard has trained military partners from Taiwan to prepare for possible CCP aggression. Yet, Michigan’s state government leaders are siding with CCP-affiliated companies,” said Moolenaar.

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Moolenaar, who serves on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has been critical of the project advocated by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

He also pushed back against the federal government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review Chinese Communist Party (CCP) affiliated investments in Michigan.

“The lack of transparency in this process is concerning and people should be able to know that a company that is trying to come into their community is being reviewed for its ties,” said Moolenaar.