Press Release
Oversight Committee Probes Chinese Communist Party’s Growing Influence in Panama, Requests DOT Briefing
WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is launching an investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) expanding influence in Panama, particularly surrounding the strategic operations of the Panama Canal. In a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy, Chairman Comer emphasized that any malign influence by the CCP undermining Panama Canal operations poses a serious threat to American ...