House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calf.) on March 21 suggested the Democrat-controlled Senate should create its own China-focused committee, not unlike the select China committee that the Republican-controlled House inaugurated this session.
“I would hope that the Senate would create a similar committee,” he said.
McCarthy made the comments alongside his colleagues Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) during a press conference at the House GOP retreat in Florida.
The Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party was created on Jan. 10 of this year. It’s chaired by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.). Its ranking member is Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.)…}