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John Moolenaar: “Chinese EVs are rolling data collection devices.”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) on China, National Security & Competition with Beijing | 535

Published May 14, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:52

We really like that on the show. Yeah. Is putting restrictions, more restrictions, I should say, on Chinese EVs. Tell me a little bit more about that. Well, the reality is that Chinese EVs are rolling data collection devices. And we've seen this where more information is collected. China is a surveillance state. So they monitor all this. They hack into our infrastructure. (00:52–00:57)

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