Houses China Panel Leaders Blast Pentagon’s Response to Chinese Spy Balloon

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) delivers remarks in the House Chamber during the second day of elections for House Speaker at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 4, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The top Republican and Democrat on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Competition Committee have issued a joint statement denouncing the Pentagon’s response to a Chinese spy balloon spotted over Montana.

“The United States Government has detected and is tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” the Pentagon told the nation in a Feb. 2 statement.