"House OKs China Bill Packed With Energy, Enviro Spending"

"The House passed a sprawling competition and innovation package this morning [Friday] that would boost Department of Energy and National Science Foundation spending, along with promoting international climate action.

House passage, 222-210, will lead to conference negotiations with the Senate, which passed its own competition bill last year. The Senate version is more bipartisan and less focused on environmental action.

Democrats this morning defended the approach in the face of relentless Republican criticism. The GOP said the bill was not excplicit enough in its focus on China and, in some ways, seemed to boost the Chinese Communist Party."

Jeremy Dillon and Emma Dumain report for E&E News February 4, 2022.