Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the new Republican majority are ready to conduct an investigation into the influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the United States.
“The speaker has been very clear about what’s going to happen. He’s been clear for quite some time,” Donalds told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo during a “Sunday Morning Futures” interview.
“We are going to have a select committee just to investigate China and all the things that the CCP is doing to not only influence here in the United States, but also to take jobs away from Americans over the years.”
Donalds joined Bartiromo after McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House after a historic 15 votes. Last month, McCarthy announced the creation of a China Select Committee and appointed Representative Mike Gallagher to chair the group.
“The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest geopolitical threat of our lifetime,” McCarthy said last month. “We need a whole-of-government approach that builds on the efforts of the Republican-led China Task Force and ensures that the United States is prepared to meet the economic and security challenges posed by the CCP.”
MCCARTHY CREATES SELECT CHINA HOUSE COMMITTEE TO CONFRONT CCP THREATS
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s speech to mark the 100th anniversary of the CCP caused pundits to sound alarm bells about the American media’s coverage of the communist nation.
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Other investigations to be undertaken by the Republican-majority House will include looking into “what the Biden family has been up to over the past few years and its implications for Biden’s domestic and international agenda,” Donald said.
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US President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Royal Castle, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland on March 26, 2022.
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“I’ve been talking to Jim Jordan and James Comer. The investigations, not just at the FBI, the Department of Justice, obviously, as people are seeing with the Twitter files and all that, but also with what the Biden family has been doing. doing,” Donalds said. He added that “we’re going to get to the bottom of that,” as well as launch another committee that will investigate “the weaponization of the federal government.”
Florida Rep. Byron Donalds speaks with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.
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McCarthy was finally elected speaker on Saturday, after 15 rounds of contentious voting. Donalds was even a candidate for the position during the voting process, but he endorsed McCarthy on Friday.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., celebrates after being sworn in in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2022.
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“I hope one thing is clear after this week: I will never give up,” McCarthy said after the victorious vote. “I will never give up on you, the American people. And I will never give up on our Pledge to America. Our nation is worth fighting for.”
Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
