After a lengthy effort by State Treasurer Vivek Malek, the Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) Board voted yesterday to begin disinvesting Missouri’s funds from China.
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I am deeply disappointed by the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System Board’s recent rejection of my motion to get our state employees’ pension investments out of China.
If you haven’t seen the onslaught of political attack ads targeting Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s vote as a state senator regarding foreign ownership, I would love to hear about the view from under that rock you are dwelling.
"No one will be tougher on China in the U.S. Senate than Eric Schmitt."
"Good for China, bad for Missouri," is a line Olympics-watching Missourians might hear frequently this week.
"While I deployed, they stripped Missouri for parts."
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office spent about $11,000 on a New Jersey-based company for translation and international process servicing fees to sue China over the coronavirus pandemic.
Once the flames of COVID-19 have cooled, it may behoove Gov. Mike Parson to appoint a panel of experts to lay the groundwork for addressing Missouri’s position in the rare earth elements marketplace.
It is time to open Missouri, buy American, and hold China accountable for their actions.
State Rep. Jeff Shawan is joining the effort to hold the Chinese government “accountable” for the fallout of the COVID-19 epidemic.