McCarthy Receptive to Measure Requiring State Media Outlets Covering House to Register as Foreign Agents: GOP Lawmaker

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks at a bill signing ceremony for H.J. Res. 26 at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on March 10, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has been receptive to a measure that would require foreign state media outlets to register with the Department of Justice as foreign agents in order to cover the House, according to Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.).

“There’s a positive vibe coming out of the Speaker’s office,” Bergman told The Epoch Times on March 22. “Now I’ve got to talk to the Rules Committee and make sure we got the I’s [dotted] and T’s crossed. So yes, we’re getting support of the Speaker’s office.”