U.S. Congress plans full review of Chinese spy balloon incidents, Schumer says

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The U.S. Congress will take a bipartisan look at unidentified aerial objects that have made their way into U.S. and Canadian airspace, and why they were not found sooner, the Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate said on Monday.

Noting that U.S. officials said Chinese spy balloons were identified over the United States during former President Donald Trump's administration, Schumer said the issue transcended any one administration or political party.

"Congress is going to conduct a careful bipartisan examination at these various incidents and also look into why U.S. authorities didn't find these Chinese surveillance balloons sooner," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in remarks as the Senate began its work for the week.the origin of three aerial objects that the U.S. military shot down over the weekend, as Washington and Beijing traded accusations about high-altitude balloons.

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