Thirteen Republican lawmakers have been named to the new House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced the postings on Jan. 24, saying that the committee would “stay laser-focused on getting ahead of our national threats.”
Rep. Mike Gallagher (Wis.), who will chair the select committee, said that the roster of GOP members would offer the bipartisan effort a unique combination of backgrounds and skills with which to curb the malign influence of China’s communist regime.
“The Select Committee on the CCP will require the best and the brightest our nation has to offer, and the team Speaker McCarthy has assembled fits the bill,” Gallagher said in an email to The Epoch Times….