An effort to mandate background checks for congressional staffers is facing bipartisan pushback, according to Congresswoman Kat Cammack.

The Florida Republican, who is serving her third term in the House, discussed her resolution that aims to require background checks conducted by the U.S. Capitol Police with The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan on Tuesday.

“I think the American people deserve to know who’s working on their behalf,” Cammack said. “It’s pretty simple, but you would not believe the resistance that we’re getting.”

Cammack, who introduced the measure last month, said the opposition is coming from both Republicans and Democrats.

“I think that … speaks to all the more reason why we need to have these background checks in place. Why would you not want to know who is working in your office?” the congresswoman added.

The resolution stipulates that background checks must be conducted within 30 days of employment or a new Congress, with the results disclosed only to office heads.

Additionally, the measure requires employees to publicly report any foreign government payments or contracts from the past three years and their foreign citizenship status within 30 days of starting, effective from the current 119th Congress.

Cammack asserted that it is “known” that Chinese spies and people with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which Republican senators are pushing to designate as a terrorist organization, have infiltrated the offices of lawmakers.

“It is absolutely remarkable the amount of foreign interference and influence that is in the halls of Congress today,” said the congresswoman.

As it stands, House staffers are only required to have background checks when they go through the process of obtaining a security clearance, Cammack said when she first announced the resolution in June.

In her conversation with The Daily Wire, Cammack emphasized that she is trying to set an example for her colleagues, noting that she already conducts background checks on her staff.

“If someone wants to have someone in their team that had maybe a previous record, that’s entirely their prerogative,” Cammack said.

She added, “When it comes to foreign interference, when it comes to dual citizenship, when it comes to having ties to organizations that have terrorist funding, you should know, and the American people should know.”