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As President Donald Trump appears to be warming to China, a bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives took aim Wednesday at one of Beijing's sore spots: Tibet.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi accused China of using economic leverage to crush Tibetan calls for autonomy. During a meeting with Tibetans and the Dalai Lama at his main temple in the Indian hill town of Dharmsala, she urged the community not to give up.

"You will not be silenced," said Pelosi, a California Democrat. "The brutal tactics of the Chinese government to erase race, culture and language of Tibetan people challenges the conscience of the world. We will meet that challenge."

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is threatening to use a parliamentary maneuver to force a vote on a bill that would create an independent panel to investigate possible contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

Insurance companies are warning that uncertainty in the health insurance marketplace – resulting directly from the Trump Administration’s actions (or inaction) – is going to make premiums more expensive for Americans and their families. Insurance companies from states across the country said that uncertainty around whether or not the Administration will enforce the individual shared responsibility provision or pay the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) subsidies is resulting in large double-digit rate hikes and “the beginning of a death spiral.” These proposed rate hikes should be no surprise to the President, as the Democratic Leaders of the House and Senate sent him a letter in March outlining actions the Administration must take to stabilize the marketplaces.