Several Missouri members of the U.S. Congress, including U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, are asking federal officials to take a closer look at a manufacturing plant proposed by a Chinese company.
Schmitt, along with GOP U.S. Reps. Blaine Luetkemeyer of St. Elizabeth, Sam Graves of Tarkio and Eric Burlison of Battlefield, that was sent Thursday.
At question is a facility being built in the Kansas City metro area by Cnano Technologies, a company legislators say could have links to the Chinese Communist Party.
Calling the construction plan “unacceptable,†Schmitt said, “It is imperative we protect our national security infrastructure from Chinese Communist Party espionage.â€
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The letter asks the federal Committee on Foreign Investment to investigate Cnano Technologies USA’s plan to build a 333,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Johnson County, Kansas.
The legislators claim that research by the Heritage Foundation has revealed ties between the company and the communists.
The legislators continue in the letter to point out that the plant would be about 35 miles from Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and 70 miles from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.