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On the recordDecember 6, 2023
Mr. Chair, it should be made very clear that there is not one American, not one Member of Congress, not one Democratic Member of Congress, as well, joined with colleagues who reasonably understand our mutual commitment to the national security of this Nation, who wants any interference in the important research that is being done by universities across America. They are the hope of the world. There are brilliant students who come with complete innocence here to the United States to create global research that will help not only this country but the world. I want that to continue. I want the bad actors to be wiped out. Clearly, as my friends have now moved from China to the Mideast, I abhor Hamas. They are terrorists, but I am yet to find a dollar from them to any legitimate institution here in the United States. What I will say is that we have a system in place. It builds on the Chips and Science Act and the Presidential memorandum on government- supported research. The CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.

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