The fallout from Chinese President Xi Jinping's high-profile meetings with President Joe Biden and American business leaders continues.

House GOP leaders are speaking out and asking tough questions after Biden met with Xi in San Francisco, after which powerful CEOs and Chamber of Commerce leaders spent up to $40,000 to dine with the CCP leader.

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"While unsurprising, I am nonetheless disappointed the Biden administration conducted yet another fruitless meeting with the Chinese Communist Party," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Thursday. "Having these senior level meetings without getting anything in return and without having any desired outcomes sets a horrible precedent and makes the United States look incredibly weak."

"The Biden administration made concessions to get this meeting — only to make more concessions — including the removal of an organization from the entity list known to conduct human rights abuses," McCaul continued.

Xi met with Biden Wednesday at the APEC summit in San Francisco, then headed for the Hyatt Regency to deliver a half-hour speech encouraging closer engagement between the U.S. and China.

"The No. 1 question for us is: Are we adversaries or partners?” Xi said, according to the New York Times. "China is ready to be a partner and friend of the United States.”

While Xi spoke broadly of an increasing partnership between the two nations, Republicans were incensed that his speech before such prominent company happened in the first place. Xi's table included 44 guests, and in attendance were Apple CEO Tim Cook, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Suzanne Clark, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and other wealthy figures. Tesla and X owner Elon Musk stopped by but did not stay for the dinner.

Along with McCaul, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) has harshly criticized the CEO dinner and is looking for more information on how it came about.

“How does that conversation go?" Gallagher said. "‘This Sauvignon blanc is really nice… congrats on crushing civil society in Hong Kong.'”

Gallagher is calling on the Biden administration to vastly increase its pressure on Xi to stem the flow of fentanyl, reduce tensions in the Taiwan Strait, stop its "campaign of espionage" against the U.S., and ban Chinese social media app TikTok.

"Getting this meeting has been the focus of U.S. foreign policy for the past year, but thus far all we’ve seen are promises of future talks and potentially new pandas coming back to the D.C. zoo," he said in a statement on Thursday. "We’ve taken our foot off the gas when it comes to things like sanctioning Chinese officials for egregious human rights abuses, pushing back against unprecedented pressure against Taiwan, and transparency on the spy balloon or origins of COVID."

CEOs in attendance were hoping to warm the increasingly chilly trade environment between the U.S. and China, though a few notable absences, such as that of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, indicate that some elites have taken note of the awkward optics.

“We want robust trade with China,” Raimondo said, according to the New York Times. “I know that because many of you come to see me and tell me that."

Xi struck a decidedly conciliatory tone, saying at one point, "China has no intention to challenge the United States or unseat it."

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That doesn't sit well with Gallagher, who argues that China may become more dangerous rather than less over time.

"If we're wagering the fate of the free world on the fact that Xi has to deal with domestic economic and demographic issues, that's a stupid bet," he said on Fox News. "It is just as likely that Xi could get more aggressive in order to distract from those issues."