Rep. Cline to Join House Select Committee on CCP

Published on June 6, 2024

Virginia Republican Ben Cline will join a House panel that assesses national security, economic, and technological threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and provides policy accommodation. In a June 5 statement, Mr. Cline expressed gratitude to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for appointing him to the Select Committee on the CCP, a bipartisan panel set up in January 2023 amid growing concerns over the communist regime’s military might and unfair trade policy. Mr. Cline said he is looking forward to working with his colleagues to “counter the multifaceted threats” presented by the CCP. “China is an existential threat to America and its allies,” Mr. Cline said in the statement. “Now more than ever, we must respond with tough policies that tactically confront the CCP at home and abroad and safeguard our nation’s interests.”...

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