K-STREET, 10,000 FEET: Sen. Ted Cruz exposes “systematic campaign against American energy” funded by Communist China

Former top officials in the Chinese Communist Party are running an organization that is “one of the biggest sources of funding for a U.S.-based environmental litigation,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) explained in a bombshell Senate hearing.

At issue is Energy Foundation China, which “is run by a former senior Chinese Communist Party official who helped craft the CCP’s five-year energy plans,” Cruz explained.

Cruz’s claims were corroborated by Scott Walter, the president of Capital Research Center. Walter noted that the proof for Cruz’s claims that Energy Foundation China funnels millions to climate lawsuits is the group’s IRS filings.

These claims were corroborated in a new report from State Armor, one of the groups leading the fight against the CCP, which showed how Energy Foundation China is controlled by CCP members.

“Our report exposes how Energy Foundation China functions not as an independent nonprofit, but as a vehicle advancing the strategic interests of the Chinese Communist Party by funding U.S. green energy initiatives to shift American supply chains toward Beijing and undermine our energy security. Policymakers must act,” the group’s CEO, Michael Lucci, explained.

During the hearing, Cruz explained the extent of the “systematic campaign against American energy.”

“There is a coordinated assault by the radical left, backed and paid for by the Chinese Communist Party, to seize control of our courts, to weaponize litigation against US energy producers, all in order to undermine American energy dominance,” Cruz said.

“First, foreign money from entities tied to the Chinese Communist Party flows into the United States to bankroll climate advocacy groups who litigate against American energy,” he said.

”Second, activist lawyers flood our courts with lawsuits designed not to win policy debates but to bankrupt energy producers and to dismantle energy infrastructure through sheer attrition,” Cruz continued.

Following the hearing, Lucci praised Cruz for “[bringing] the receipts” about Energy Foundation China’s recent activity.