A Chinese glass manufacturer’s decision not to comply with a congressional oversight inquiry prompted Rep.Ro Khanna, D-Calif., to convene a revealing roundtable with the plant’s former workers, where they described a series of hazardous work conditions and fears for their safety.Khanna, the ranking member on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), first reached out to Fuyao Glass America and its Chinese parent company Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.
in July, requesting documents detailing the company’s business and labor practices.Fuyao quickly drew the attention of Americans in the Rust Belt and beyond when it became the subject of the 2019 Netflix documentary "American Factory," which chronicled its takeover of a former General Motors plant outside of Dayton, Ohio.LAWMAKERS PRESS DHS IN LETTER OVER CHINESE FORCED LABOR ALLEGATIONS, FLAG POPULAR LABUBU DOLLSThe company has since been mired in scandals ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for workplace safety violations to the 2018 death of factory worker Ricky Patterson.In a subsequent October letter to Fuyao leadership, Khanna decried the company’s refusal to dialogue, condemning them for only sending one single letter in response to his numerous inquiries.Fuyao's Sept.
23 response, Khanna wrote in his Oct.1 letter to the company, "answers virtually none of the Committee’s questions in a material way and fails to include any document submissions."CHINA’S INFLUENCE MACHINE: FEDERAL RECORDS EXPOSE BEIJING’S PUSH TO SWAY AMERICARep.
Ro Khanna, D-Calif., holds a roundtable discussion for union workers in Dayton, Ohio on Tuesday Oct.6, 2026.
(Robert McGreevy/Fox News)Despite Fuyao’s silence, Khanna made the journey to Western Ohio, an area of the country decimated by a loss of manufacturing jobs in recent decades.Khanna convened a roundtable discussion on Tuesday involving former Fuyao employe...