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Hearing U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Security Zones
house Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 42 transcript matches
MILLS, CORY "Pax Silica seeks to build a trusted network of allies and partners that work together to secure the industries and supply chains essential to development of artificial intelligence, critical minerals, energy to semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, logistics, and digital infrastructure. Economic security zones are an important part of that strategy. Economic security zones represent an effort to build a trusted network of industrial hubs among America's allies, places where investment, manufacturing, logistics, and innovation operate under transparent rules, reliable contract enforcement,..."
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Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Pax Silica seeks to build a trusted network of allies and partners that work together to secure the industries and supply chains essential to development of artificial intelligence, critical minerals, energy to semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, logistics, and digital infrastructure. Economic security zones are an important part of that strategy. Economic security zones represent an effort to build a trusted network of industrial hubs among America's allies, places where investment,..."
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"With that, I now recognize myself for five minutes for a series of questions. How do economic zones, the economic security zones envisioned by the Trump administration, compare to the employment economic development zones developed in Honduras and the broader network of free trade zones around the"
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Subcommittee on Oversight and Intelligence will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the development of economic security zones as an economic security architecture. Specifically, we will explore the related issues of governance, critical minerals, and infrastructure within the economic"
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"If you'll indulge me for a moment, I want to get to a couple more things. How could the United States own free trade zone program, the U.S. foreign trade zone program fit into the Trump administration's economic security zone network to support U.S. manufacturing and supply chain initiatives like Pax Silica? Any thoughts on"
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What Is “Political Warfare”?
Resources · Jan 9, 2023
Background Military theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote in his seminal book On War that “war is the continuation of politics by other means.” Historically, in Congress as well as in the broader policy...
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"and American leadership. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about the successes of the economic security zones and the broader Pax Silica, and how we and President Trump's administration can help advance American economic security. That is why we are having this important conversation"
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good afternoon, and welcome to today's hearing titled U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad, Assessing Economic Security Zones. On behalf of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee of Oversight and Intelligence, I welcome our witnesses, and I look forward to your"
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Economic achievement should not be measured by how much money Washington spends overseas but whether the investment strengthens our national security, American businesses, and American innovation. As the United States considers this emerging framework, we also have a responsibility to ensure that economic security zones operate with a strong transparency, accountability, and under the rule of"
Testimony MOSKOWITZ, JARED
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Economic security isn't just about where our products are coming from, it's about whether working families can afford groceries, gas, housing, and the basic necessities of everyday life. That is why today's discussion about economic security zones is very important. I agree with the"
Testimony MOSKOWITZ, JARED
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"It means building stronger supply chains, expanding domestic production, investing in infrastructure, and creating an environment where businesses have the confidence to invest in America. New economic security zones are being proposed as a way to encourage investment, accelerate permitting, reduce unnecessary barriers, and concentrate development in strategically important industries, and that effort raises serious questions. You know, will these zones intend to strengthen American supply..."
Testimony MOSKOWITZ, JARED
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Will they generally reduce dependence on adversarial supply chains, which I clearly support, or will they simply shift production from one foreign location to another? If the administration is going to promote economic security zones abroad, Congress should understand how these initiatives fit into the broader strategy for American competitiveness, and we should be asking whether these zones will complement domestic investment, reinforce our allies, and deliver real benefits to American workers..."
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Mr. Michael Holliman II, the Chief Commercial Officer of U.S. Strategic Metals, Mr. Paul Sullivan, the President of International Business, Acro Bridge, which is an amazing business that helps support our veterans and U.S. steel, and Mr. Clark Packard, Research Fellow at the Herbert A. Seifel Center for Trade and Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Mr. Eric Bremen, the CEO of Prospera International, spent nearly a decade building and operating a prototype economic security zone in Honduras...."
Testimony MR. ERICK BRIMEN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"and represent a platform of opportunity for strategic U.S. investments in the region. This is why I support the administration's vision to catalyze economic security zones. This next generation of special economic zones focus on creating the right conditions that can attract U.S. investment and advance interests"
Testimony MR. MICHAEL HOLLOMON II
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We're big fans of what the Pax Silica that you mentioned, Undersecretary Helberg, the This is a roadmap for the economic security zone. I think they're doing fantastic work. We just have to follow through, and congressional help will be key. We need, with these security zones, we need durability to make things"
Testimony MR. MICHAEL HOLLOMON II
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We have an American mine, Virtus, which is in-country. We have Glencore, my former company, that wants to ship all their material to the U.S. We have to make sure we work with the government, and an economic security zone would be ideal. So it would survive administrations, survive"
Testimony MR. PAUL SULLIVAN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"how communities connect, how supply chains function, and how countries reduce dependence on strategic competitors. Economic security zones can be a powerful tool for American economic statecraft, but only if they are built on trusted infrastructure, transparent procurement, resilient supply chains, and competitive financing. A zone cannot succeed if the roads and bridges that connect it are financed or built in ways that create new dependencies, weaken local sovereignty, or reward opaque and..."
Testimony MR. PAUL SULLIVAN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"safety, and long-term partnership. U.S. Ex-Im Bank and DFC are also critical. Export finance and development finance can help level the playing field when American companies face competitors backed by aggressive foreign credit systems. But these tools must be coordinated early and must move at the pace of strategic competition. If the United States waits until a tender is issued, the project may already have been shaped by others. Our recommendations are straightforward. First, make..."
Testimony MR. CLARK PACKARD
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"semiconductors, et cetera. China controls about 80 percent of the global supply chain. The economic security zone in the Philippines is a response to a legitimate problem. Perhaps it will bear fruit, but it should be pursued with other market-oriented"
Testimony MR. CLARK PACKARD
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"the administration carved out the advanced chips and data center equipment to power American AI. Each carve-out is an admission that protectionist tools raise prices, disrupt supply chains, and undermine the very resilience that they're advertised to provide. If exceptions are necessary, perhaps the rule deserves a second look. Economic security zones may prove helpful, but they should be pursued in conjunction with other market-expanding tools. We need policies that affirm market incentives..."
Testimony MILLER, MAX L.
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Both the State Department and the Department of War deserve high praise for making tangible progress in this area, no doubt. We policymakers in the United States obviously should do what we can to secure our supply chains, but in the global economy we now live in, it is impossible to onshore everything. That's where PACSILICA and economic security zones come in. These are innovative ways to get the United States and our allies on the same page when it comes to our shared supply chain security..."
Testimony MILLER, MAX L.
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"It will also serve as a force multiplier for the U.S. and allied forces in the Western Pacific by leveraging significant investments in shipbuilding and aerospace manufacturing from Hyundai and Collins Aerospace. So to any of our witnesses, the Philippines obviously makes sense for an economic security zone like this, given our relationship with them and their strategic location, but where else makes sense for future expansion of this model of supply chain resilience that you see throughout the..."
Testimony MR. ERICK BRIMEN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I think everything else is quite secondary to that. I would like to add to that. You mentioned Panama, and I think it's a fantastically well-positioned country right here in a hemisphere. I would say, generally speaking, the Western Hemisphere is a place where economic security zones are well-placed. My most recent experience in Honduras suggests that it's by far perhaps the most underrated and highest potential country in the hemisphere right now, if the conditions were right. We're really..."
Testimony MILLER, MAX L.
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Thank you. This really kind of goes right into my next question that I have here. Given your background, Mr. Holloman and Mr. Sullivan, given your background in metals trading in Africa, respectively, I'm very interested to hear your perspective on where you think the economic security zone focused on critical minerals makes sense. We were kind of just diving into that right there, as you were saying. I understand China is deeply involved in this sector in Africa, but cracks are showing in..."
Testimony MR. MICHAEL HOLLOMON II
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"It's also not fair. It is not a level playing field. So we need to step up, and I think this economic security zone is a way to do it. Sorry. So I would just say, in short terms, financing, insurance, diplomacy, and infrastructure is the China model, right? They come in full"
Testimony MR. ERICK BRIMEN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Chairman, thank you for the question. In essence, what the economic security zones seek to create are the predictable good governance conditions that American enterprise needs in order to operate effectively abroad, and if they had strong statutory foundations, they would be very similar to the ZEA that's from Honduras, but they don't yet have that here in the"
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"And what are the key similarities and differences, and how might they impact international investment in the domestic political support for the zones? And then kind of in my last, as I kind of tether this a little bit, what lessons from the ZEDEs might be incorporated into the development of economic security zones regarding governance and relations with host governments and local populations? Because I know you talked about local population involvement. In my trip to Honduras, two things..."
Testimony MR. MICHAEL HOLLOMON II
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We need to look at building a framework where we go in like that. And I don't know how technically it can be done. I'm a commodities trader, but I like the direction of this conversation, and especially this economic security zones. We have"
Testimony MR. MICHAEL HOLLOMON II
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Commerce. I don't want to leave anybody out. But they're working on it. The admin is hard at work. I think this is another tool for them. Economic security zone. Sure. And thank you for the question and thank you for your service also, Representative"
Testimony MR. PAUL SULLIVAN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"anticipates and is ready to support. So I would only add, we have experts here on economic security zones. I think ACRO's position as a steel fabricator of modular steel bridges that serve, you know, over 150 countries across the globe, don't lose sight of the faces all of this is meant to serve, which is the American worker and American families. Thank"
Testimony MR. CLARK PACKARD
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Yeah. I mean, taking out the specifics of these economic security zones, I do think that historically we have used free trade agreements to raise standards in foreign countries. Other countries desperately want access to the U.S. market, and take the old Peru"
Testimony MR. ERICK BRIMEN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"We've seen it through Washington consensus. You can support these economic security zones, but the question is, how do you make those stable? How do you give them the weight of not just U.S. law, not just domestic law, but international law? And that is where these free trade agreements can play a significant role. Imagine a situation where the U.S. were to offer, in essence, a free trade agreement with an open invitation for other countries that wanted these economic security zones within..."
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Would you like to comment on that, Mr. Sullivan? Mr. Packard, I had a question I want to get your insight on, how would you envision the U.S. government and host countries' plans to provide oversight for these economic security zones to prevent illicit trade activities? Thank you. And then I think Mr. Holliman and Mr. Olin, you might be kind of the best positioned on this given your experience and where you're at, but could you define for us so that people can understand, especially those who..."
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Thank you. And then I think Mr. Holliman and Mr. Olin, you might be kind of the best positioned on this given your experience and where you're at, but could you define for us so that people can understand, especially those who end up reading this hearing, could you define a logistic corridor and how it would operate in the context of a proposed kind of network economic security zone? This is the thing that we've seen in all the countries, that China makes a tremendous amount of promises, but..."
Testimony MR. MICHAEL HOLLOMON II
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"the ground somewhere in the world. It has to get first mined, then processed originally, either an ore or a concentrate, loaded into trucks, taken to a port or to a train station. And right now, you know, Africa, amazing, amazing, super rich country. It should be overflowing with abundance and jobs for the people of Africa. And it is so split up, there's not a good east-west corridor right now. If we were to do an economic security zone that included Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, and the Lobito..."
Testimony MR. PAUL SULLIVAN
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"we don't simply want this. We want a transformative development agenda, and we want your innovation, your quality, your long-term partnership, your service. And ACRO has built this 186-bridge project around the atmospherics, if you will, that were created by the momentum of the Lobito Corridor. So all the things that you mentioned, Michael, but in addition, there are all these other companies that ultimately participate because it creates kind of a bilateral sense of good feeling and..."
Testimony KIM, YOUNG
Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnersh...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"a Paxilica hub in New Clark City economic security zone for AI, semiconductor packaging, and critical mineral processing. So what would the DFC's role actually look like in that project, and what else in the Indo-Pacific do you see more opportunities for DFC to"
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Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"So can you expand on that request and clarify whether these funds are intended to support FORGE, Paxilica, the economic security zone in the Philippines that was announced on April 16, or other priorities? Thank you very much. This is exactly why we appreciate working with the administration and the priorities in this breaking that critical mineral supply chain from China. So thank"
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house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
KIM, YOUNG "a Paxilica hub in New Clark City economic security zone for AI, semiconductor packaging, and critical mineral processing. So what would the DFC's role actually look like in that project, and what else in the Indo-Pacific do you see more opportunities for DFC to"
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house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_41 "So can you expand on that request and clarify whether these funds are intended to support FORGE, Paxilica, the economic security zone in the Philippines that was announced on April 16, or other priorities? Thank you very much. This is exactly why we appreciate working with the administration and the priorities in this breaking that critical mineral supply chain from China. So thank"
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Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"capabilities and move towards Taiwan, which is recognizing about a $2.2 billion fisheries industry in the shrimp capabilities, but also that China has moved in and essentially eliminated the microeconomics of local jobs and support that's in the area, something you see a lot in Africa as well. So what could we learn from the ZEDEs that we could kind of implement into this new framework of a security economic zone that's coupled with political risk insurance? Well, I want to"
Testimony MILLS, CORY
U.S. Economic Security and Investment Abroad: Assessing Economic Secur...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"I would agree with that. I want to be clear that in this subcommittee, we invited all of our Republican and Democrat colleagues. And unfortunately, only as you witnessed, our Republican colleagues showed up because they care about advancing in ensuring that we have security economic zones, that we have advancement in economics, that we're looking at bilateral agreements, that we understand that a strong economy means security, stability, and also national security. But I'm going to afford them..."
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Testimony SHAHEEN, JEANNE
Hearings to examine Haiti 2026, focusing on security and foreign assis...
senate Appropriations Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"Can you speak to the humanitarian efforts that are focused on women and girls? Well, thank you. I appreciate that because we do have a law that Congress passed during the first Trump administration called Women, Peace, and Security that mandates that in conflict zones like this, that women should be at the table in leadership roles. Can you, Ambassador, speak to what we're doing to ensure that women are included in decision-making with respect to what happens in"
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Testimony THE HONORABLE DANIEL SHAPIRO
Building a New Regional Security Architecture: The Next Phase of the A...
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"While carefully verifying Syria's commitments, this decision can reanimate negotiations between Israel and Syria on security agreements incentivized by the prospect of Israel's withdrawal from the buffer zone it had established in Syrian territory. And although the war with Iran, about which I will say"
Testimony DINGELL, DEBBIE
Where Are We?: Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilit...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"jamming, and spoofing become more common in modern conflict, we have to ensure that our systems are resilient, secure, and reliable. We've already seen examples of GPS interference near conflict zones in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. And experts continue to warn that our adversaries are actively developing capabilities to exploit these vulnerabilities. And I've unfortunately actually seen some of the work. It's not only a defense issue. P&T technologies are increasingly important to the..."
Testimony BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
Hearings to examine the affordability agenda.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 23, 2026
"This landmark legislation is something that I think America has been waiting for for over three decades. And so I am just grateful to the members here who worked on it. I think we took a great step forward in addressing our housing supply crisis. Many of the bills that I secured in the package will empower local communities to tackle housing affordability by encouraging zoning reform, reducing red tape, and unlocking"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"there. We were able to bring them down and find out where they came from and find the individuals or arrest them on some occasions. During the Augusta golf tournament, we had 12 that entered a no-fly zone. We were able to bring those down, too. Every single day we improve, but that is a huge concern that we have within the stadium. I also have concerns outside the stadium, in the Fan Fest area, in the soft areas, that's outside security. The lone individual that's got this crazy mindset about..."