NSI Founder and Executive Director to Testify Before the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party
September 18, 2024
Keelin Wolfe
The National Security Institute
Kwolfe9@gmu.edu
Arlington, VA – National Security Institute (NSI) Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer will testify before the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party in a hearing titled “How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence Critics and Enforce Its Rule.” The hearing will focus on how, in an attempt to silence dissenting opinions, China is using the U.S. legal system to file libel and defamation lawsuits against researchers and academics who openly criticize Chinese companies.
He will be joined by fellow experts Dr. Jill Goldenziel, Professor at the National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace, and Ms. Anna Puglisi, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at Puglisi Ventures.
“Chinese companies, backed by the Chinese Communist Party, are using legal tactics to silence critics, posing a serious threat to free speech, national security, and economic resilience,” said Martha Miller, Deputy Executive Director of the National Security Institute. “At NSI, we stand firm against global repression and remain committed to highlighting the critical challenges that authoritarian regimes like the Chinese CCP present to the United States and the free world. This hearing underscores one of our core pillars—defending American values and interests in the face of strategic competition.”
The hearing will take place at 9:15 a.m. ET in room HV-210 in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. You can also live-stream the hearing on the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party’s website here.
The event is open to credentialed members of the media.
Media planning to attend must RSVP with the Select Committee on Competition with the CCP by emailing sccpressteam@mail.house.gov and contacting the appropriate Congressional media gallery:
- House Radio/TV Gallery: radiotv@mail.house.gov
- House Daily Print Gallery: dailypressgallery@mail.house.gov
- House Periodical Gallery: periodical.press@mail.house.gov
- Senate Photographers’ Gallery: Press_photo@saa.senate.
Media planning to live-stream the event with an RTMP stream key must also contact sccpressteam@mail.house.gov.
About the National Security Institute:
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