{"id":1838533,"date":"2023-02-07T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838533"},"modified":"2023-02-07T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:54:33","slug":"congress-readies-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-china-for-surveillance-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-readies-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-china-for-surveillance-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Readies Bipartisan Resolution Condemning China for Surveillance Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-readies-bipartisan-resolution-condemning-china-for-surveillance-balloon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/United_States_China_23034365734757-1200x799-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>House lawmakers are reportedly considering rolling out a\u00a0bipartisan resolution aimed at condemning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> Over its suspected surveillance balloon which was shot down on February 3rd by the United States<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want it to be a bipartisan resolution about China, not about us fighting each other,\u201d Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, was the chairman for the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He told reporters Monday, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/3846522-house-lawmakers-draft-resolution-to-condemn-chinese-spy-balloon\/\">reported.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s too important of an issue, you know. We want to stand strong together against China instead of having our internal fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Texas lawmaker added that he has already\u00a0sent a draft resolution to Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the panel, who has \u201cmade his comments\u201d The bill was to be negotiated by the two of them.<\/p>\n<p>The possible\u00a0bipartisan resolution comes as China this week confirmed that another balloon\u00a0that was\u00a0spotted over Latin America\u00a0this past weekend also belongs to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference on Monday,\u00a0Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-authorities-confirm-that-balloon-spotted-over-latin-america-is-chinese_5036552.html\"><\/a> That \u201cit has come to our attention that the vessel in question is from China,\u201d but claimed that the balloon is\u00a0intended for civilian use.<\/p>\n<p>Ning added that the\u00a0aircraft had \u201caccidentally entered Latin American and Caribbean airspace\u201d After being blown off-course by the weather.<\/p>\n<h2>Spy Balloon Shot Down<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. jets shot down the first surveillance balloon\u00a0at around\u00a02:39 p.m. ET on Saturday after it was seen making its way\u00a0across the Carolinas and approaching the\u00a0Atlantic coast, according to\u00a0defense officials.<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0F-22 fighter jet fired a missile at the balloon, puncturing it while it was about six nautical miles off the coast near Myrtle Beach, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/possible-debris-from-chinese-spy-balloon-spotted-in-south-carolina_5036371.html\">Potential debris from your device<\/a> It has been reported that it was spotted since then.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials have called the downing\u00a0of the balloon \u201can obvious overreaction and a serious violation of international practice,\u201d  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/possible-debris-from-chinese-spy-balloon-spotted-in-south-carolina_5036371.html\"><\/a> that\u00a0Beijing \u201creserves the right to take necessary measures to deal with similar situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beijing also claims the first balloon was a\u00a0civilian meteorological balloon that had been blown off course and just happened to fly over\u00a0sensitive military sights.<\/p>\n<p>However, Washington officials have said the balloon was likely conducting surveillance, although they\u2019ve stopped short of stating exactly which\u00a0sites the Chinese balloon allegedly surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>While Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reports that\u00a0President Joe Biden had on Wednesday given his authorization to take down the suspected\u00a0surveillance\u00a0balloon as soon as possible without putting American lives at risk, some Republican lawmakers have criticized the president for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/republicans-criticize-biden-over-chinese-spy-balloon_5036350.html\">Failing to act sooner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the balloon was shot down,\u00a0Senate Republican Leader\u00a0Mitch McConnell\u00a0(R-Ky.) issued a statement saying that the Biden administration reacted \u201cat first too indecisively and then too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Republicans Take Aim at Biden\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe should not have let the People\u2019s Republic of China [PRC] make a mockery of our airspace,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cThis was a reminder of the PRC\u2019s brazenness and President Biden missed the opportunity to defend our sovereignty, send a message of strength, and bolster deterrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Republican lawmakers, including\u00a0Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) also took aim at the administration\u2019s failure to act promptly.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their criticism of Biden\u2019s response to China\u2019s alleged surveillance, the bipartisan resolution is not expected to be aimed at Biden\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, we\u2019re focused on condemning China for sending a spy balloon into United States territory. Obviously, we have a lot more questions about what happened and when the administration knew it,\u201d Steve Scalise, the House Majority Leader (Republican-Leader), Monday<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are separate questions going on, and we need to have a briefing on it. But in the meantime, we\u2019re trying to get an agreement with the committees working on the proposal,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>Separately,\u00a0Meeks said that Democrats were open to cooperation on the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at it. They\u2019ve got something, and there\u2019s a dialogue going on. So, we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d Meeks said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House lawmakers are reportedly considering rolling out a\u00a0bipartisan resolution aimed at condemning China Over its suspected surveillance balloon which was shot down on February 3rd by the United States \u201cWe want it to be a bipartisan resolution about China, not about us fighting each other,\u201d Rep. 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