Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Jan. 25 pushed Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to be forceful when dealing with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and use economic tools to challenge and decouple from the regime. The four senators sent a letter (pdf) to Yellen shortly after the Senate voted 84-15 to confirm her as President Joe Biden’s treasury secretary. “As a key advisor to President Biden on national security issues that involve the most powerful and sophisticated tools of economic statecraft, it is critical that you demonstrate to Congress that your decisions will be informed by a clear-eyed view of the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to the United States,” the letter states. “As a key advisor to President Biden on national security issues that involve the most powerful and sophisticated tools of economic statecraft, it is …