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Witnesses and lawmakers press security questions over CATL ties as committees review Marshall battery project
Summary
Former U.S. Ambassador Joe Sella and several lawmakers told the House Homeland Security and Foreign Influence Committee they have security concerns about supplier ties to CATL in the Marshall battery project and urged federal vetting and stronger state‑level safeguards.
Former U.S. Ambassador Joe Sella, testifying to the House Committee on Homeland Security and Foreign Influence, warned that the Blue Oval Battery project and its supplier relationships raise national security concerns and called the transaction "ready, fire, aim." Sella said he co‑founded the Michigan China Economic and Security Review Group to monitor and report such risks and urged stronger federal‑state coordination on vetting.
"This is a grand high‑tech and manufacturing high‑risk experiment settled on the back of Michigan taxpayers," Joe Sella said, describing his view that the project was rushed and insufficiently scrutinized. He testified that CATL — Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited — has organizational ties to the Chinese Communist Party and said U.S. intelligence and defense actions taken elsewhere (including a…
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