House GOP Threatens Subpoenas, Budget Cuts Over Chinese Spy Balloon Debacle

Republicans seek answers on Biden’s response to China spy missions Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill. / Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The House Republicans will issue subpoenas and withhold spending to senior intelligence officers to obtain information about President Joe Biden’s delay in responding to the Chinese spy balloon.

Republican members of Congress who spoke with the reporter said that the Biden administration is so far keeping quiet about details regarding the balloon and its response. Washington Free Beacon Tuesday. They have concerns about the Chinese operation, including Biden’s hesitation to shoot the balloon down and An anonymous Department of Defense Press release claiming that Trump Administration allowed three identical balloons over the United States without military response.

Rep. Mike Bost, R., Ill., expressed concern that the Chinese spy balloon was only made public after civilians spotted it. Republicans are the majority. “subpoenas are well within our power,” Bost stated, “And could be.” “the stick in order to get people to come forward.” Bost threatened to stop spending if Congress doesn’t answer.

“The Biden administration doesn’t understand that we’re the oversight and we control the purse,” Bost spoke. “Maybe we need to punish them with the purse and hit them as hard as we can.”

Bost’s comments come as House Republicans are in a standoff with the White House over raising the U.S. debt limit. Kevin McCarthy, the California House Speaker, has rejected a clear debt ceiling increase and asked Biden Monday for a negotiation with Republicans regarding cuts to discretionary domestic expenditure.

Despite the best efforts of some Democrats like Sen. Chris Murphy (D. Conn.), who called Republicans “a liar,”Bedding wettersTo dismiss Republican concerns about the balloon, House Republicans said they would continue to focus on the issue. The Republican threats are coming as the president prepares to give his second State of the Union address. The White House has leaked talking points, which were obtained by the Free Beacon Biden indicated that he intends to concentrate on the economy, future domestic spending proposals, and not Sino-U.S. relations.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R., N.Y.) called the Biden administration’s response to the Chinese balloon an effort to “deflect attention from the crisis