Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who has been tapped to chair the House Select Committee on China, laid out some of the key goals of the newly formed committee and deemed China the “greatest threat that faces our country right now” in an interview on Breitbart News Saturday.
The committee, approved in a 365-65 vote, will focus on “elevating the discussion on China and injecting it with a sense of urgency,” the congressman said, noting that lawmakers have done a poor job of clearly and aggressively communicating with the American people why the threat of China matters.
“Why should someone in Northeast Wisconsin care about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party, which I think is the greatest threat that faces our country right now? So we have to answer the why. That’s what the committee is going to be doing,” he explained.
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