It's not often we get to say this, but there is some VERY good news coming out of Washington today.

And that is that Marco Rubio's bill to end trade with Chinese companies that use Uyghur Muslims as slave labor has been passed by Congress and will be signed into law by President Biden, today.

Watch Rubio explain the bill and announce that it has overcome all its obstacles to become a law.

This is a win for freedom, there are no two ways about it.

As Rubio points out, this is just a small step on the long road to ending dependency on China, but if we can't say no to products made by slave labor we won't be able to say no to anything.

From Newsweek's story about the bill:

"The law places the burden of proof on American companies to demonstrate that imported goods were not mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part with forced labor.

It is set to become the strongest U.S. action against what successive administrations have described as gross human rights violations in Xinjiang, a source of cotton products but also polysilicon, an important raw material in the manufacture of solar panels.

In demanding transparency and a cleaner supply chain, the legislators will complicate the work of importers and likely affect their bottom line. Lawmakers said major American businesses had fought the legislation for months. Among the companies were reportedly Nike and Coca-Cola, according to The New York Times...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the president welcomed the legislation and would sign it into law."

Big shock that Nike was fighting so hard against this bill. I feel so sorry for Colin Kaepernick and Lebron James that they will no longer be able to use literal slaves to make their expensive sneakers.

It's good to see that, now and again, there can be some bipartisan action in DC if it means standing up to international evil.