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In a cozy, upper Midwestern industrial town, something a little unusual happened on Aug. 30, when representatives from both major parties along with industry and labor representatives came together to recognize a common threat.
"China has a plan to replace the United States, and they're working on it every single day," Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) told The Epoch Times on the factory floor at Stoughton Trailers, a manufacturer of dry vans, grain trailers, and similar products.
He and two colleagues from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chair Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), had come to a company whose recent history has been shaped by aggressive Chinese competition and the United States' sometimes lackluster response.