McCarthy Pushing for All-of-Congress Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon

Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks on debt ceiling outside his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 6, 2023. Speaker McCarthy, Alex Wong/Getty Images

House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been pushing for a “full briefing” for all members of Congress on the Chinese balloon that last week traveled across the country and surveilled U.S. military sites, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) revealed on Feb. 7.

The Chinese surveillance balloon, which traversed the United States for about a week before a military fighter jet took it down on Saturday, ignited a bipartisan uproar in Washington over increasing threats from China.