Virtual Event | The Cost of the Beijing Olympics: A Conversation with Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers

February 2022

Past Event

Virtual Event | The Cost of the Beijing Olympics: A Conversation with Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Past Event

Online Only

February 18, 2022

An Olympic Games logo is seen in front of Beijing's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, on January 20, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

February 2022

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

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Speakers:

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers

U.S. Representative, Washington’s 5th District, and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Nury Turkel

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EST, Friday, February 18. Register for the event here

The Winter Olympic Games in Beijing have trained a spotlight on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights abuses—from the Uyghur genocide to the ongoing crackdown on pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. In response, U.S. lawmakers have sought to hold companies that are silent on the CCP’s human rights abuses, yet have profited from the Olympics, to account. Led by Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to corporations in advance of the Games requesting information regarding their involvement and interests in China, as well as their silence regarding human rights abuses. Join Hudson Senior Fellow Nury Turkel for a conversation with Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers on this timely issue.

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