WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday voted in sweeping bipartisan fashion to create a select committee to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s growing global influence, with congressional Republicans seeking to address concerns from some Democrats over the new committee’s intentions.
One hundred forty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the creation of the committee, which was approved on a 365-65 vote. The move solidified a chairmanship position for Wisconsin Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, who was tapped by Speaker Kevin McCarthy last month to lead the panel and has increasingly warned of a “New Cold War” with the Chinese government.
“I was very excited to see that it was overwhelmingly bipartisan,” Gallagher said after the vote. “I do think, to the extent possible, if Congress can speak with a unified voice on this issue and if, to the extent possible, politics can stop at the water’s edge, our foreign policy is stronger for it.”
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