John,

The 118th Congress is finally underway and there is no shortage of issues to address both at home and abroad. Mike isn’t wasting any time. He’s leading on critical issues that impact our children, our military, our economy, and our standing in the world. 

Catch up on all Mike has been doing on the foreign policy front and sign the petition to support Mike’s proposed bill to ban TikTok over security concerns.

 WaPo Highlights Gallagher’s Foreign Policy Work

Bottom Line: “Gallagher is a rising conservative star who is making his mark in the national security field.” 

Gallagher Sounds the Alarm on America’s Response to China

Bottom Line: “I think we’re waking up, but we’re waking up too slowly to be sure. What gives me hope is both parties are starting to say some of the right things on China. On the Republican side, I think we’re more forward-leaning on saying the biggest national security threat we face is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), whereas the Democrats are torn between that and climate change and tend to favor the latter over the former.”

Gallagher Explains Why He’s Taking on China

Bottom Line: “The most important thing we want to do with this Select Committee on China is making it a bipartisan effort...we want to identify where Congress can speak with one voice on the policy that best positions us to win the long-term competition with the CCP.”

Gallagher Joins Bipartisan Bill to Restrict Huawei Access to the U.S. Financial Systems

Bottom Line: “There is strong bipartisan support in Congress to defend US and allied 5G networks from CCP-dominated companies like Huawei and ZTE, and I'm proud to introduce the NETWORKS Act alongside a strong bipartisan coalition.”

Gallagher Calls for a Nationwide TikTok Ban

Bottom Line: “TikTok has repeatedly told Congress and the American public that it does not share US user data with its Chinese owner ByteDance and specifically claimed it has never targeted individual Americans. … this was a lie and … ByteDance employees accessed the location data of US journalists who wrote critical stories about TikTok. This is egregious and another reason why the time has come to pass my bipartisan bill to ban this CCP-controlled spyware from the U.S.”

Gallagher Introduces Legislation to Ban TikTok in America

Bottom Line: “The bill… will ‘protect Americans from the threat posed by certain foreign adversaries’ – specifically calling out TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance – that use social media ‘to surveil Americans, learn sensitive data about Americans, or spread influence campaigns, propaganda, and censorship.”

Gallagher Responds to TikTok’s Claims

Bottom Line: “[The ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act is] not politically motivated. It's motivated by national security, and it's motivated by protecting this country from the aggression of the Chinese Communist Party."

Gallagher Seeks to Hold the Mexican Drug Cartels Accountable

Bottom Line: “Recent cartel-related violence underscores the need for the U.S. to impose a maximum pressure campaign against cartels and the corrupt officials who help these criminals wreak havoc on the border. From crippling sanctions and visa restrictions to more resources to combat arms trafficking, these bills will give the federal government every tool it needs to go after cartels."

Gallagher Slams Study Recommending Marines Drop ‘Sir’ and ‘Ma’am’ for Drill Instructors

Bottom Line: “Obviously this is insane. … Playing such dumb games in academia or entertainment is one thing, but now we are meddling with the life-or-death business of warfighting. If we keep integrating such woke nonsense into deterrence, then we will see more deterrence failures."

Thank you for reading this month’s edition of the Foreign Policy Newsletter –– we’ll be in touch as we monitor developing stories from around the globe.

– Gallagher Foreign Policy HQ