Chairman Comer Launches Government-Wide Investigation into China’s Ongoing Efforts to Infiltrate and Influence the United States - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Congress must ensure federal agencies are effectively utilizing resources to combat the CCP’s political warfare

WASHINGTON –House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is launching 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, including but not limited to America’s education, agriculture, critical infrastructure, research, energy, business, space, and technology sectors.

In nine letters sent to federal agencies today, Chairman Comer emphasized how Congress has a responsibility to ensure the federal government is effectively using existing resources to combat the CCP’s influence operations and strengthen our homeland. The Committee is therefore seeking information regarding what steps are being taken to thwart the CCP’s political and economic warfare campaign. In the coming weeks and months, Chairman Comer intends to call on more U.S. agencies to provide information on how they are combatting CCP warfare and will lead several hearings to address this national security threat.

“Without firing a single bullet, the Chinese Communist Party is waging war against the U.S. by targeting, influencing, and infiltrating every economic sector and community in America,” said Chairman James Comer. “We know that this coordinated influence and infiltration campaign by the CCP threatens U.S. military readiness, the technology sector, financial markets, agriculture industry, education systems, and intellectual property. The lives and security of all Americans are affected. The Oversight Committee has a responsibility to ensure the federal government is taking every action necessary to protect Americans from the CCP’s ongoing political warfare. Actions taken by the Committee today are just the beginning and I look forward to full cooperation from agencies as we work to thwart China’s efforts to influence and infiltrate the United States of America.”

Read the letters sent: