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Chinese labor camp, Xinjiang / Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) is holding up a Uyghur anti-slavery bill that passed the chamber on Wednesday from being sent to the Senate for final passage, Republican lawmakers said this week.
Pelosi on Wednesday brought the bill up for a House vote after a pressure campaign from Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), the act’s sponsor in the Senate, who threatened to hold up the National Defense Authorization Act if the bill weren’t included as an amendment.
“Yesterday the House passed their version of my bill to take on Uyghur slave labor in China 425 to 1,” Rubio tweeted . “But now Pelosi is blocking it from being sent to the Senate.”
The latest delay comes after weeks of legislative feuds over the Uyghur Anti-Forced Labor Act, which would prohibit imports that are connected to forced labor in China. Republicans say Democratic leadership has been stalling the bill for months due to the Biden administration’s concerns that the import ban would undermine climate negotiations with China.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) in a Twitter post also accused Pelosi of “dragging her feet,” noting that the House “passed 30+ bills yesterday. All but ONE were sent to the Senate for a vote. It’s the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act—which cracks down on goods made with Chinese slave labor.”
When asked why the bill has yet to be sent to the Senate for a vote, Pelosi deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill directed the Washington Free Beacon to his response on Twitter, which suggested the delay was due to procedural issues rather than intentional obstruction.
“The bill just passed yesterday but we appreciate the theatrics from the Senator [Rubio],” said Hammill. “What’s important is that McGovern-Rubio convos continue to get a final compromise bill passed ASAP. Let’s […]
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