Senate Defense Panel to Hold Hearing for ‘Real Answers’ Over Chinese Balloon: Sen. Tester

The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to get answers surrounding the suspected Chinese spy balloon that floated for days over U.S. airspace.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the subcommittee’s chairman, said on Feb. 3 that Biden administration officials will have to answer questions about the balloon, which was first acknowledged while in the sky over the Democrat’s home state of Montana.
“Montanans value their freedom and privacy and I’ll always fight to defend both,” Tester said in a statement. “China’s actions are a clear threat to those values and to America’s national security, and I’m demanding answers from the Biden Administration….}