House GOP Launches Government-Wide Probe Into Federal Response to CCP Political Warfare

Oversight Panel Chair James Comer calls on nine department, agency officials to testify about how they’re responding to ’systematic efforts’ to infiltrate them.

U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, speaks at a media event at the National Press Club on Jan. 30, 2023, in Washington. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

House Oversight & Accountability Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) announced March 13 that his panel has launched “a government-wide investigation” into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “ongoing efforts to target, influence, and infiltrate every sector and community in the United States.”

That probe will include analysis of how federal agencies are combatting CCP’s influence operations and “political warfare” strategies in ascertaining best steps “to thwart the CCP’s political and economic warfare campaign,” Mr. Comer said in a statement.