Three of President Joe Biden's cabinet members testified on China policy at a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday, a rare joint appearance where they warned that proposed budget cuts would undermine Washington's ability to compete with the Asian power.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo appeared at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Biden's budget request and the U.S.-China relationship as Republican lawmakers and Biden's Democratic administrationa deal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert an economically catastrophic default.
Senator Patty Murray, chairperson of the Appropriations panel, pushed back against Republican calls for cuts in non-military spending in exchange for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling. With strong support from both Democrats and Republicans, Congress last year passed - and Biden signed into law - the sweeping "Chips and Science Act" authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars to boost competition with Beijing in semiconductors and other technology.
"Competing with China... requires the use of the full extent of our economic, diplomatic and military tools," Raimondo said.
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