The House Oversight Committee is demanding answers from federal agencies regarding their lack of action against the growing threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The committee argues that many agencies are failing to acknowledge the CCP’s political warfare aimed at weakening America and are even succumbing to its influence. This is despite the fact that Americans recognize the CCP as a serious threat to their country.
For decades, the CCP has waged an aggressive campaign intended to hobble America through political warfare, an insidious strategy to weaken our way of life without firing a shot. The committee’s government-wide investigation has brought federal agencies in to answer for their tepid responses and has found too much of the Washington bureaucracy is incapable or unwilling to address the CCP threat.
The Oversight Committee points to several examples of this concerning behavior. For example, the NASA administrator recently congratulated the CCP for obtaining the first samples of lunar rocks from the far side of the moon, gushing that the discovery was “an important step in humanity’s work to understand and explore the lunar surface.” This statement demonstrates a profound naivety regarding China’s goals in space, which are inextricably intertwined with the CCP’s militaristic ambitions.
The committee also criticizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for rejecting their suggestion to warn American consumers about the unique dangers of Chinese-made products. The CPSC told the committee that of 75% of the shipments it identified as high-risk last year, 83% had China as the country of origin. However, they refused to take action, arguing that they should focus on neutral approaches to avoid ruffling feathers with the CCP.
The committee argues that the federal government’s failure to address the CCP threat directly is a dangerous oversight. They point to the Department of Justice’s shuttering of the China Initiative in 2022 – after finding no merit to charges that cases brought under the initiative were racially motivated – as an example of this weakness. The committee emphasizes the CCP’s use of “wedge narratives” that push racially divisive agendas intended to divide Americans and argues that the DOJ’s decision to stop prioritizing cases against the CCP may be a result of CCP influence.
The committee believes that the American people are better prepared to confront the CCP threat than their own government. They highlight the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as an example of an agency that is willing to confront the CCP’s role in the fentanyl crisis directly, messaging candidly about deadly fentanyl precursors originating in China, the role Chinese transnational criminal organizations play in trafficking, and China’s surpassing the Mexican cartels in money laundering.
Ultimately, the Oversight Committee urges federal agencies to wake up to the CCP threat by engaging with and inspiring Americans to push back against infiltration and influence. They believe that the American people, with their pride in themselves and their country, can provide the necessary counterbalance to the CCP’s insidious influence. The committee expects no less from the American government.
