Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 1516, Congressman Pfluger's important legislation on Confucius Institutes. The Chinese Communist Party seeks to exert its influence over all aspects of American society and that includes the American education system. The CCP uses Confucius Institutes as a vehicle to promote a distorted picture of China and provide American universities with a financial incentive to stay in the party's good graces. Where missiles and ships are considered hard power, these institutes are soft power, projecting the long arm of the CCP onto our college campuses. Madam Chair, the Chinese Communist Party funds Confucius Institutes because it wants to manipulate the minds of young Americans, whether it be digitally on TikTok or physically through Confucius Institutes. We cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to support universities that allow the presence of these institutes to influence and manipulate their students. As chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, I support this legislation and urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''”