Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of the DETERRENT Act, H.R. 5933. The Republican transparency and accountability agenda is on the march, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce has set its sights on postsecondary education. We delivered the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a bill to ensure Title IX funding doesn't go to athletic programs which disadvantage young women. Just yesterday, we conducted oversight of anti-Semitism on campus during a contentious hearing with Ivy League presidents. Now, we are considering the DETERRENT Act, a bill that restores transparency and accountability in foreign donations to American universities. The DETERRENT Act strengthens section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which was intended to protect American universities from nefarious foreign donations. Unfortunately, many schools failed to report these foreign gifts and funding, leaving foreign actors with a stranglehold on U.S. academic institutions. A 2019 Senate report found that up to 70 percent of universities fail to comply with the law, and outside experts uncovered nearly $13 billion in previously undisclosed foreign funds. Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Without transparency, we have no idea the true amount of foreign funds at our universities. This legislation safeguards our national security in five key ways.…”