Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh, R-Ariz., discovered on his first day in his office on Capitol Hill that a copy of China Daily, a publication controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was delivered.Â
Hamadeh decided to propose legislation aimed at stopping the unsolicited delivery of the publication to Congressional offices arguing that it is an example of foreign propaganda.
“America is not for sale,” Hamadeh wrote in an opinion piece, adding that U.S. taxpayers should not be paying for the delivery of China Daily.
Hamadeh’s bill would apply to other CCP-controlled publications going to House facilities.Â
Members of Congress and their staff would still be able to subscribe to China Daily on a personal basis, but taxpayer funds would no longer be used for delivery.
Following Hamadeh’s proposed bill, House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., and Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said the distribution of China Daily and similar CCP-controlled publications would be banned in the House of Representatives.Â
