Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7686) to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7686 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR PURPOSES OF MALIGN FOREIGN TALENT RECRUITMENT RESTRICTION. Paragraph (4) of section 10638 of title VI of division B of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act is amended-- (1) by inserting ``of concern'' after ``foreign country'' each place such term appears; (2) by striking ``means--'' and all that follows through ``any program, position, or activity'' and inserting ``means any program, position, or activity''; (3) by striking subparagraph (B); (4) by redesignating clauses (i) through (ix) as subparagraphs (A) through (I), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left; (5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking ``directly provided'' and inserting ``whether directly or indirectly provided''; and (6) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”