House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday made his first pitch to Democrats to join Republicans in putting up a united front against the rise of China.
The California Republican vowed to take seriously Democrats’ concerns about the GOP-created China select committee, which is tasked with examining U.S. competition with the Chinese Communist Party, becoming a partisan panel.
“You have my word and my commitment. This is not a partisan committee. This will be a bipartisan committee. That is my hope, my desire, my wish that we speak with one voice and that we focus on the challenges that we have,” Mr.