D.C. voters are the perfect example of taxation without representation.

It is not right to suddenly create a whole new State out of an existing State.

Dr. Murphy. No, ma'am.

It raises that question as to who is making that decision.

I think it is the right answer to a problem that this Nation has, when you take a look at the hundreds of thousands of people in D.C. who do not have representation.

It is really unfortunate to hear my colleagues, on one hand, pretend to support voters and voter outreach and, on the other hand, oppress D.C. voters.

Now, I don't care what party you are in, this scenario, no matter what the department or the administration, deserves increased oversight.

But you are telling me that is when the vetting actually--the in-depth vetting began.

I want to make sure the American taxpayer dollars are spent correctly.

It is deeply troubling that a grant for hundreds of millions of American, hard-earned taxpayer dollars was approved for a company like Microvast.

So all the rest of these companies are--if we go in and pick out any one of the ones you named or some others, we are going to find that they don't have these ties to the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Government.