Congressman Michael Gallagher is a Republican who represents Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. In December, Representative Gallagher was appointed as chairman of the Select Committee on China, a new body aiming to analyze various military, national security, and economic policy issues related to China. Before joining Congress in 2017, he served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps and worked as a staffer on Middle East and Counterterrorism on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has a PhD in International Relations from Georgetown University.
Mike Gallagher.Illustration by Kate Copeland
Q: What is the goal of the new Select Committee on China?
A: There are at least three goals initially. One is to connect the dots in terms of exposing the pattern of aggression that we're seeing from the Chinese Communist Party. This isn't just an isolated incident in the South China Sea or on a university campus. This is, in my opinion, a whole of society, new Cold War,
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