August Pfluger said "Mr. Speaker, I will point out that this bill was actually brought up during the Biden administration and has nothing to do with one administration or another. It was bipartisan, and those entities of concern are named in and are labeled within the DOD. We do have a pattern of history of Confucius Institutes switching names but remaining the same for the purpose of malign influence. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber)." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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Mr. Speaker, I will point out that this bill was actually brought up during the Biden administration and has nothing to do with one administration or another. It was bipartisan, and those entities of concern are named in and are labeled within the DOD. We do have a pattern of history of Confucius Institutes switching names but remaining the same for the purpose of malign influence. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Stauber).

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