Rep. Cline to Join House Select Committee on CCP

‘Now more than ever, we must respond with tough policies that tactically confront the CCP at home and abroad and safeguard our nation’s interests,’ Cline says.

Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.) speaks during a press conference with other Republican Senators and Representatives, demanding a trial of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas following delivery of articles of impeachment to the Senate, Washington on April 16, 2024. Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Republican Ben Cline will join a House panel that assesses the national security, economic, and technological threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and provides policy accommodations.

Mr. Cline expressed gratitude to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a June 5 statement for appointing him to the Select Committee on the CCP, a bipartisan panel set up in January 2023 amid growing concerns over the communist regime’s military might and unfair trade policy.