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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

The new House special committee on competition with China holds its first hearing and what

seems to be a rare bipartisan undertaking in Washington these days.

What does Chairman Michael Gallagher have in store on what does this portend for the

changing public perceptions about China and for the agenda of the 2024 presidential candidates.

Plus, two Democratic senators de facto their colleagues to join Republicans to overturn a

Biden Labor Department rule on investing based on so-called ESG rules, environments, social

and governance criteria.

This is likely to be President Biden's first veto.

So what happened there?

Joe Sternberg is with me here.

I'm Paul Gigo with the Wall Street Journal opinion page.

And Joe is one of my colleagues, as is Alicia Finley, who's also here at Leisha and Joe

welcome.

Let's talk first about the ESG rule, something of a surprise that after the House passed a

Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Labor Department rule that went to the Senate.

And it only needs a 51 vote majority to pass under Congressional Review Act rule.

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