The congressman who would lead the most powerful investigative committee in the House if Republicans win the midterms is sending an unmistakable advance warning to the permanent federal bureaucracy: It's time to "get rid of some of these useless bureaucrats who are just a drain on the American taxpayer."
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said House Republicans will set up a committee to investigate how COVID-19 spread from China, military and economic threats from the eastern nation, and intellectual property theft.