It may well be the last bipartisan vote in the House during the 118th Congress, so there will now be established the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
House Republicans and Democrats united in a rare display of bipartisanship on January 10 to create a new Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The vote on final passage of the authorizing resolution was 365 to 65, with 146 Democrats joining all 222 Republicans in voting for the proposal. The 65 Nay votes were all cast by Democrats.
A succession of speakers from both parties extolled creation of the new panel, with Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) telling colleagues that “this select committee will examine the threats from the Chinese Communist Party with a fine-tooth comb and expose them for the American people and for the whole world to fully understand.”
Barr said the panel is needed to “develop concrete solutions for how we can better position the United States to prevail in this competition and ensure that the 21st Century is led by the United States and defined by a rules-based international order.”