{"id":2222980,"date":"2024-04-17T07:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T11:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-hearing-to-showcase-chinas-political-warfare-against-us\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T07:19:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T11:19:02","slug":"house-oversight-committee-hearing-to-showcase-chinas-political-warfare-against-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-hearing-to-showcase-chinas-political-warfare-against-us\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight Committee hearing highlights China&#8217;s &#8216;political warfare&#8217; on the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-oversight-committee-hearing-to-showcase-chinas-political-warfare-against-us%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=2222980&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--><p>The\u2064 House \u2063Oversight Committee plans to conduct a hearing on\u2063 the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s efforts to infiltrate and influence the United States through &#8220;political warfare.&#8221; The committee, led by\u2064 Chairman\u2063 James Comer, will address China&#8217;s strategies to\u200d weaken America \u2063by targeting various sectors. This investigation aims to\u200d shed light on the CCP&#8217;s actions and their impact\u200b on the U.S. The\u2062 House Oversight Committee, \u200dunder the leadership of\u200c Chairman James \u2062Comer, is set to hold a hearing\u2062 on the \u200bChinese Communist Party&#8217;s endeavors to infiltrate and manipulate the\u2064 United States through &#8220;political warfare.&#8221; The focus will\u200d be on how China\u2063 aims to undermine America by directing attention towards different sectors. This scrutiny seeks\u2064 to reveal the CCP&#8217;s activities and their\u2064 repercussions on the \u200cU.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Oversight Committee<\/a> plans to detail the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/communist-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chinese Communist Party<\/a>\u2018s ability to \u201cinfiltrate\u201d and influence the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a> through \u201cpolitical warfare\u201d at a hearing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-of-canada-inflation-is-still-too-high-but-moving-in-the-right-direction-2\/\" title=\"Bank of Canada: inflation is still too high, but moving in the right direction\">remarks provided ahead<\/a> of the hearing to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) will discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China\u2019s<\/a> work to \u201cweaken America\u201d by targeting U.S. infrastructure, food supply, religious communities, and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social media<\/a>. The hearing, \u201cDefending America from the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s Political Warfare, Part I,\u201d will begin the Oversight Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-senators-sound-alarm-on-chinese-digital-currency-ahead-of-winter-olympics\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Senators Sound Alarm on Chinese Digital Currency Ahead of Winter Olympics\">government-wide investigation<\/a> into the CCP\u2019s warfare at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, the CCP has sought to infiltrate and influence every aspect of American society,\u201d Comer will say.\u00a0\u201cChief among the Party\u2019s tactics is political warfare.\u00a0Political warfare is meant to influence the emotions, motives, and behavior of Americans in a manner favorable to China\u2019s objectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betsy-mccaughey-teachers-union-thuggery\/\" title=\"Betsy McCaughey: Teachers Union Thuggery\">waging political warfare<\/a>, the CCP seeks to weaken America so that we cannot effectively fight in a kinetic war,\u201d the chairman will continue.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing comes as the House Republican Conference ramps up its investigations of the CCP and its impact on the U.S. The House Select Committee on the CCP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2967072\/house-report-details-chinas-abhorrent-role-fueling-the-fentanyl-epidemic-killing-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released a report <\/a>on Tuesday regarding China\u2019s \u201cabhorrent\u201d role in fueling the fentanyl crisis. The report found the Chinese government subsidizes the manufacturing of fentanyl materials that are used to make the drug outside the country, among other violations.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in fentanyl overdoses has become a political flashpoint for the House GOP, with members frequently tying the influx of fentanyl to a lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-media-now-admitting-i-was-right-about-everything-they-lied-about\/\" title=\"Trump: Media \u2018Now Admitting I Was Right About Everything They Lied About\u2019\">southern border security<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy getting Americans dependent on cheap and sometimes dangerous goods made in China, digital fentanyl like TikTok, and actual fentanyl, the CCP is determined to achieve its goal of defeating America on the global stage,\u201d Comer plans to say.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses at Wednesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-announces-hearing-on-the-ccps-efforts-to-infiltrate-and-influence-the-united-states%EF%BF%BC\/\" title>hearing<\/a> will include two retired military figures and Peter Mattis, president of the Jamestown Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Ret. Marine Corps Col. Grant Newsham, one of the witnesses, plans on saying that there is \u201cno serious attempt by the U.S. to get to the root of the fentanyl problem \u2014 Beijing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, what\u2019s the plan of our leaders? In January 2024, the U.S. and Chinese set up a working group to deal with the fentanyl problem \u2014 buying China even more time,\u201d Newsham will say, referring to the U.S.-China\u00a0counternarcotics commission that resurged earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party can stop its chemical warfare against America,\u201d Newsham will continue. \u201cIt just doesn\u2019t have any reason to do so. It is successfully reaching through our border and killing us by the tens of thousands on our own soil, facing no defense, let alone retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mattis plans on encouraging members to revise the Foreign Agent Registration Act to include more \u201crobust reporting requirements\u201d and use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-demand-investigation-into-irans-nuclear-violations\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Iran\u2019s Nuclear Violations\">congressional oversight<\/a> to \u201cpress the executive branch for transparency\u201d on the actions taken against China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutting a few simple criteria out in public for visa denials and alerting inviting institutions which criteria were triggered would be a useful positive step for handling visa issues going forward,\u201d Mattis will say. \u201cWithout such information, many otherwise knowledgeable and thoughtful people about China assume the worst about the administration\u2019s intentions and actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Oversight Committee aims to expose the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s infiltration and influence tactics in the US through &#8220;political warfare&#8221; at an upcoming hearing. Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will address China&#8217;s efforts to undermine America by targeting critical infrastructure and food supply, as reported by the Washington Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2222981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24082650921708-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24082650921708-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}