China Select Committee hearing highlights partisan divide on Beijing-countering strategy

China Select Committee hearing highlights partisan divide on Beijing-countering strategy

[ad_1] Pottinger spiced up his testimony with a video of quotes by China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping that suggested hostile intentions toward the United States. Pottinger accused the Chinese government of waging “information warfare” on the U.S. and likened it to a series of magicians, calling the Chinese Communist Party “the Harry Houdini of Marxist-Leninist…

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China bills sail through House committee

China bills sail through House committee

[ad_1] The bills stopped short of major intervention into China’s economy, such as restrictions on U.S. investment. | Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo A desire to restrain China united Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday, with lawmakers approving a series of bipartisan bills designed to rein in the country’s economic power. The committee…

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Jan. 6, election security and scandal: Congress’ sleepiest committee heats up

Jan. 6, election security and scandal: Congress’ sleepiest committee heats up

[ad_1] Steil’s interest, shared by others on the committee, in using the panel to highlight both state laws that they support and make recommendations, though GOP lawmakers stressed they wouldn’t be requirements, is likely to spark partisan tension; particularly in an era of frequent, politically motivated challenges to election security. “Twenty years ago, the committee…

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