GOP Senators Demand Biden’s Federal Pension Board Nominees Pledge Not to Invest in Chinese Firms

President Joe Biden’s nominees to serve on the Federal Thrift Retirement Investment Board (FTRIB)—the main pension fund for federal government employees— should pledge not to invest funds into China-based companies that undermine U.S. national security, three Republican senators said on April 6 in a letter to the nominees. “We are deeply concerned by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board’s history of voting to invest federal employees’ retirement savings into China-based companies, including firms involved in the Chinese government’s military, espionage, human rights abuses, and aggressive industrial policy designed to undermine U.S. industry,” read a joint letter by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). The letter was addressed to Biden’s four nominees to serve on the board: Michael Gerber, senior managing director of FS Investment Solutions; Stacie Olivares, a board member of Core Scientific; Dana K. Bilyeu, executive director of the National Association of State Retirement …

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