Rep. John Moolenaar, the new head of a House committee probing business ties and potential threats from China, might not court media attention like his predecessor Mike Gallagher but still draws a hard line against the Asian nation, according to lobbyists familiar with the panel.
“Gallagher seemed to want to make this about his own political ambitions,” before he left Congress, said John Feehery, a former House GOP leadership aide who is a lobbyist at EFB Advocacy.
Moolenaar of Michigan, Feehery said, seems “more of a workhorse than a show horse.”
Despite the top personnel change, the mission of the ...