About Us   Privacy Policy   Terms & Condition    BLOGS  
Republican (1854-present)

Clarence “Burgess” Owens

Burgess Owens is the Congressman from Utah’s Fourth Congressional District. Born in the segregated South, he saw people of all backgrounds come together to work tirelessly against adversity.

As a young man, Burgess was one of the first four black athletes recruited to play football at the University of Miami and the third black student there to receive a scholarship. He was the 13th pick in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft and joined the New York Jets, later playing safety for ten seasons in the NFL for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, winning the Superbowl with the 1980 Raiders’ team.

China

The United States can no longer stand for China’s malign influence, human rights abuses, and dishonest behavior. The Chinese Communist Party has ramped up building nuclear weapons, steals secrets from American companies, and threatens overall global stability. China represents a generational threat, and America must stand up so our adversaries around the world will stand down.

As your Representative, I’ll keep fighting against the CCP’s human rights abuses and deceptive trade practices that threaten the safety and security of every American. 

In Congress, I have: 

  • Co-sponsored H.Res. 909, a resolution to support an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People’s Republic of China of COVID-19 and the impact thereof on the people of the United States and other nations.
  • Co-sponsored H.R. 5806, the Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment Act of 2021, to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review any investment in the United States by a foreign person that results in China’s direct or indirect control of that business or property; and involves the acquisition of real estate in the United States and the establishment of a U.S. business on such real estate.
  • Co-sponsored H.R. 2578, the Paris Transparency and Accountability Act, legislation calling for the Paris Climate Agreement to be renegotiated, or a new agreement reached, that would result in all major emitters, including China, reducing their emissions to levels comparable to the United States. 
  • Opposed H.R. 2272, the America CONCEDES Act, legislation that appeases China and hurts America, while spending money we do not have on programs with no relevance to China. Most shocking was the failure to include any meaningful accountability measures in response to the CCP’s long history of genocide, human rights abuses, and slave labor.
  • Co-sponsored H.R. 1263, the End College CCP Act, a bill to limit Federal funding for institutions of higher education that have partnerships with the Communist Party of China
  • Co-sponsored H.R. 5806, the Exposing China’s Belt and Road Investment in America Act of 2021, legislation to require a review of the People’s Republic of China investments in the United States by the Committee on Foreign Investment.
  • Co-sponsored H. RES. 90, a resolution supporting an international investigation into the handling by the Government of the People’s Republic of China of COVID–19.
  • Co-sponsored H.R. 4792, the Countering Communist China Act, the counterproposal to Sen. Schumer’s expensive and ineffectual Endless Frontier Act, and the toughest China legislation introduced in the 117th Congress. 
  • Co-sponsored H.R. 4821, the Combating the Persecution of Christians in China Act, legislation to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for the persecution of religious minorities in China.