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MEDIA ADVISORY: Select Committee to Hold Hearing on The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans and Threatening U.S. Security

May 15, 2026

WASHINGTON – The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party will hold a hearing titled Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans and Threatening U.S. Security. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 A.M. in Cannon House Office Building, Room 210. 

The following witnesses will provide testimony:

  • Mr. Jacob Sims, Visiting Fellow, Asia Center at Harvard University
  • Mr. Jason Tower, Senior Expert, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
  • Ms. Erin West, Founder and President, Operation Shamrock

When: Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 A.M.

Where: 210 Cannon House Office Building **new location**

The hearing will be livestreamed here.

The event is open to credentialed members of the media. 

Members of the media planning to attend should RSVP to julia.snodgrass@mail.house.gov