House Homeland Security hearing frames Chinese Communist Party as principal long‑term threat; members call for shoring up cyber and intelligence workforce

Acting Chairman Michael Guest convened the House Committee on Homeland Security for a hearing to examine “the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. national security,” and members and witnesses from across the aisle described the CCP as a long‑term, multi‑domain threat.

Witnesses focused on a broad strategy they said China is pursuing. Dr. Michael Pillsbury, introduced to the committee as a China scholar and author of The Hundred‑Year Marathon, said China pursues a “long term grand strategy to replace The United States as the leading global power” and urged the committee to rank priorities and build sustained measures to compete. William Evanina, the former director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center, called the CCP’s campaign “existential,” saying it is “comprehensive” and targets the…