hand. this warning comes just hours before a republican-led committee holds a hearing on the chain knee communist party s threat to america. let s start with cnn s manu rash. tonight will be the first prime time hearing that any he republican has held since january. what are republicans telling you about why this is such a top priority? this is one of the rare bipartisan initiatives in a very polarized institution, the u.s. house. but kevin mccarthy has indicated to me and others that this is a bug priority of his to make sure that both sides are on the same page when it comes to the threat of china. that is the same approach the lady verse the committee, mike gallagher on the republican side, and the democrat both are trying to pursue this on a bipartisan basis. he indicated to me this will be an overall scene setting hearing to try to make clear about the threat from china poses, not just abroad but also here in the united states. we expect to hear from key witnesses, s
separate issue. but they plan to dig deeper on specific subjects after this overall scene setting hearing, and then issue a series of reports in the months and weeks ahead about what actions the u.s. can take, what congress can take to try to confront the threat although home. there was also a hearing on oversight of american dollars going to ukraine. we heard top ranking democrat on the committee adam smith say sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine is not a wise use of resources, even though ukraine wants that. repawn can matt gaetz tried to enter propaganda. tell me about. gates seemed to be surprised. it seemed to be an accident on his part, citing the propaganda outlet. he was asking a policy official at the defense department about a report from this organization and the report cited u.s. giving weapons to the far right
hand. this warning comes just hours before a republican-led committee holds a hearing on the chain knee communist party s threat to america. let s start with cnn s manu rash. tonight will be the first prime time hearing that any he republican has held since january. what are republicans telling you about why this is such a top priority? this is one of the rare bipartisan initiatives in a very polarized institution, the u.s. house. but kevin mccarthy has indicated to me and others that this is a bug priority of his to make sure that both sides are on the same page when it comes to the threat of china. that is the same approach the lady verse the committee, mike gallagher on the republican side, and the democrat both are trying to pursue this on a bipartisan basis. he indicated to me this will be an overall scene setting hearing to try to make clear about the threat from china poses, not just abroad but also here in the united states. we expect to hear from key