Freshman Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday used his first legislation as a congressman to target the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence in Congress.
Hamadeh, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and a former prosecutor, introduced a resolution aimed at banning the distribution of CCP-controlled publications such as China Daily within the U.S. House of Representatives facilities.
In an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program, Hamadeh said he introduced the resolution after finding China Daily among other newspapers distributed in the halls of Congress.
The publication is “propaganda by a foreign government that’s trying to influence the highest echelons of the United States government. It’s unacceptable,” he said….