Republicans and Democrats were in bipartisan agreement Tuesday about establishing a special House committee that would focus on China, addressing a wide-ranging set of issues on trade, defense, foreign policy, technology and human rights.
“One of the greatest worries about the future is that we fall behind Communist China,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on the House floor. “We spent decades passing policies that welcomed China into the global system. In return, China has exported oppression, aggression, anti-Americanism.”
[Congress tightens screws on Chinese tech purchases, collaboration]
