House Foreign Affairs Chair Has ‘Serious Questions’ Why Intel Community Didn’t Inform Trump Admin on Balloons

U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) brief members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House on Oct. 16, 2019, in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has concerns about the intelligence committee not alerting the Trump administration about previous Chinese balloons.

The lawmaker made his comments just before President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Feb. 7, indicating frustration at the way the administration has dealt with a known Chinese surveillance balloon making its way across the nation.