Joe Scarborough: “I want to speak on an issue that is not only important to me but also I think very important to this Chamber and also…”

“I want to speak on an issue that is not only important to me but also I think very important to this Chamber and also very important to the people of America. I could not help but take note of the statements of our previous speaker, the gentleman from California [Mr. Cunningham] on the problems that we are having right now with China, with the influence peddling. Of course, Mr. Cunningham brought up some very good points but also some very disturbing points about possible influence that Communist Chinese have been seeking in the United States of America. We, of course, have been reading with horror over the past few weeks some of the concerns about investigations of people looking into scandals on whether this White House actually sold access to the Communist Chinese. That is something that we all have to be paying very close attention to, especially in this body, because of the constitutional role that we play, the oversight that we play. Nothing has been proven yet. I think that is very important to say.”