[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          CCP BALLOON INVASION

  (Mr. ALFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ALFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the most critical 
national security threat our Nation is facing today: the Chinese 
Communist Party and their invasion of our U.S. airspace.
  The recent Chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to fly unchecked 
from one end of our country to the other, reaffirming that the CCP is 
the top threat to our national security. I am beyond outraged at the 
fact that this administration has allowed this to happen.
  Was he asleep behind the wheel of his Corvette?
  Unfortunately, that does seem to be the case because this did not 
just occur for hours, it went on for days.
  At the hands of this administration, the CCP was allowed to invade 
our airspace, and it happened right over our district, right over 
Whiteman Air Force Base, the home of the B-2 stealth bomber.
  As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I will not back down 
until we get answers.
  We cannot allow China to walk all over us and outpace us militarily. 
This administration continues to project weakness on the world stage, 
and it must end. We need answers. We must have a plan to stop the 
Chinese Communist Party's clear and blatant military aggression.

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