MEDIA PACKAGE: Select Committee on CCP Holds Hearing on CCP Cyber Threat to American Homeland

WASHINGTON, D.C.- This morning, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, held a hearing titled "The CCP Cyber Threat to the American Homeland and National Security." In the hearing, members heard testimony from U.S. Cyber Command Commander General Paul Nakasone, FBI Director Christopher Wray, CISA Director Jen Easterly, and National Cyber Director Harry Coker.

Watch the full hearing HERE.

Watch highlights from the hearing below.

Video & B-roll for public broadcast and distribution is available HERE

Click HERE for Chairman Gallagher's opening remarks as prepared for delivery.

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Chairman Gallagher:

“Our intelligence agencies have discovered that the CCP has hacked into American infrastructure for the sole purpose of disabling and destroying critical infrastructure. This is the cyberspace equivalent of placing bombs on American bridges, water facilities, and power plants.”

View a downloadable clip of Chairman Gallagher's complete opening remarks HERE.

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