Whereas, from 2009 to 2017, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. served as Vice President of the United States of America; Whereas since at least 2001, Robert Hunter Biden, the son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., had engaged in work as a registered Federal lobbyist; Whereas immediately following the election of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to the office of Vice President, press reports indicate that Robert Hunter Biden joined with Christopher Heinz, the stepson of then Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman John Kerry, and Devon Archer, a close Kerry family confidant, to form a network of investment and consulting firms with variations of the name Rosemont Seneca ; Whereas press reports indicate that Rosemont Seneca pursued multiple, foreign business investments where connections implied political influence and protection ; Whereas during the period in which Joseph R. Biden, Jr. served as Vice President, the People’s Republic of China was a significant concern of United States foreign policy, including that country seeking to define its relationship with the United States in light of the so-called Obama Administration Pivot to Asia ; Whereas press reports indicate during this period, entities associated with Robert Hunter Biden and Rosemont Seneca engaged in multiple business transactions requiring high-level connections in the People’s Republic of China; Whereas, in December of 2013, Robert Hunter Biden accompanied Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Air Force II on an official visit to the People’s Republic of China; Whereas press reports indicate that at the same time Robert Hunter Biden accompanied Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to the People’s Republic of China, Rosemont Seneca Partners was finalizing the formation of a private investment fund, BHR Partners, which was financially supported by the Bank of China, China Development Bank Capital, and other major Chinese financial institutions controlled by, owned by, or associated with the government of the People’s Republic of China