On Thursday, October 3rd at 10 AM CST, Congressmen Darin LaHood (R-IL) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) held a roundtable in Manteno, Illinois on Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech’s troubling connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the risks its planned facility in Illinois poses to America. This comes following the Congressmen’s earlier roundtable in July (shown below) at the site of Gotion’s other planned U.S. facility in Green Charter Township, Michigan.
Confirmed participants for the roundtable include:
- Congressman Jim Baird (R-IN)
- Amanda Piker, Concerned Citizens of Manteno (Illinois)
- Emily de La Bruyère, Co-Founder
- Horizon Advisory Robby Dube, Attorney, Eckland & Blando
- Dan Caulkins, Illinois Representative, District 88 — Decatur
At the roundtable, LaHood and Moolenaar will discuss the implications of Gotion’s ties to the CCP, its links to slave labor, and the battery plant’s potential threats to U.S. national security. Roundtable participants include community leaders, constituents, and experts. Officials from Gotion Inc. have also been invited to attend but did not respond.
On Friday, July 26th at 10 AM ET, Congressman John Moolenaar hosted a roundtable in Green Charter Township on Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer Gotion High Tech’s troubling connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the risks its planned facility in Michigan poses to America.
At the roundtable, Moolenaar and fellow lawmakers discussed the implications of Gotion’s ties to the CCP (including slave labor) and the battery plant’s potential threats to U.S. national security.
Roundtable participants included community leaders, constituents and experts. Officials from Gotion Inc. have also been invited to attend. Confirmed participants for the roundtable included:
- Jason Kruse, Supervisor, Green Charter Township
- Amanda Piker, Concerned Citizens of Manteno (Illinois)
- Emily de La Bruyère, Co-Founder, Horizon Advisory
- Mr. Brian Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President, American Global Strategies
- Ambassador Joseph Cella, Head of the Michigan-China Economic Security Review
