As a member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee , protecting American research from theft and national security threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a top priority.
For more than a decade now, I have called attention to and warned that the CCP represents a serious and persistent threat to our national security. We are now becoming even more aware of just how deeply the CCP’s threat reaches into the United States homeland.
The CCP is sponsoring efforts to embed Chinese researchers in U.S. universities , including on projects funded directly by U.S. taxpayers. On June 2, the Department of Justice announced charges against two citizens of the People’s Republic of China, one with direct ties to the CCP, for allegedly smuggling dangerous biological mate