WASHINGTON — The head of the newly created House committee centered on strategic competition with China expects the panel will lay down “supporting fire” to elevate the importance of selling military equipment to Taiwan.
Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., says his committee will occupy two lanes: owning niche topics — such as banning social media app TikTok — and shining a spotlight on discussions and work already being championed in the House, such as the importance of enhancing “hard power west of the international dateline.”
“How do we prevent Taiwan’s future from becoming Ukraine’s present? I think it’s going to be a theme of what we do on this committee,” he said in an interview Friday.
