US House passes resolution to create China select committee

WORLD, Jan. 11 (YPA) – The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass a resolution Tuesday to create a select committee focused on US competition with China.

The resolution passed in a 365-65 vote, with 146 Democrats joining Republicans in supporting the measure. All “no” votes came from Democrats.

The commission is to be officially called the “US-Communist Party Strategic Competition Committee.”

The proposal was introduced by lawmakers from the Republican Party, which won the majority in the House as a result of the last partial congressional election, which took place last November.

“I’ve heard my colleagues on both sides say that the threat posed by Communist China is serious. I fully agree,” Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said during debate on the House floor Tuesday.

“This is an issue that transcends political parties. And creating the select committee on China is our best avenue for addressing it.”

The committee is expected to be chaired by Republican  Mike Gallagher, and will include 7 Republicans and 5 Democrats.

Gallagher and McCarthy expressed their view that the Chinese Communist Party was the “biggest threat” to the United States in a joint article published by Fox News in December.

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