but are the us and the uk, congressman lahood, aligned on china? well, i think they are. uk counterparts is to make sure they are firm on that, because i think we have to take a strong stance and obviously the partnership with the uk extends for a long period of time. we work well together both from a national security standpoint, from an intelligence standpoint, from an economic standpoint, our countries have never been stronger than they are today. but you know, this is a challenge when it comes to china. i think what the ccp fears the most is bipartisan support in the congress against them, but also working with our like—minded allies. and that starts with the uk. we don't have a stronger ally than the uk. and so again, we were reaffirming that, what our select committee is doing in washington dc with our uk counterparts this week. have you found that as well in your conversations? i have. i think that the uk is forward—leaning with regard to as posture relative to the chinese communist party. that being said, i think that we can continue to strengthen our multilateral

congressman raja krishnamoorthi, a democrat, and congressman darin lahood, a republican, both from thet their work on the china committee. i think that this is exactly what we need to make sure that not only our dollars, but also potential technical expertise and know—how don't get into the wrong hands. what i mean by that is that we have investigated some of these firms, and what we've found is that they are invested in state—owned enterprises or other companies in china that unfortunately are affiliated with ccp entities that are developing hypersonic missile programmes, they're developing their nuclear programmes, they're helping with developing facial—recognition and ai software to repress the uyghurs. so we don't want to be invested in those types of programmes that harm our interests or our values. so, congressman lahood, what congressman krishnamoorthi has just been saying is essentially that us dollars have been until now also funding the development of chinese military interests. that's correct. you know, one thing the committee has been focused on is — how do we counteract ch