Burgess Owens: “I thank my esteemed colleague for yielding. Here are some facts you need to know about the abysmal record of the Chinese…”

“I thank my esteemed colleague for yielding. Here are some facts you need to know about the abysmal record of the Chinese Communist Party on human rights and against our American way of freedom. China has carried out the torture, forced sterilization, and sexual abuse of over 1 million Uyghurs. China has ranked 175 out of 180 countries that lack free press, and it is notorious for jailing journalists with dissenting voices. Chinese officials have detained, tortured, and executed protestors with impunity. Since 2013, U.S. colleges and universities have received more than $1 billion in gifts and contracts from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated sources. As a result, professors, student groups, and guest speakers critical of the Communist Party's human rights abuses have been silenced, threatened, and de-platformed. The China regime is spreading anti- democratic, anti-American propaganda by funneling large sums of money into education. Sadly, we have Americans who have and continue to think that turning their back on our Nation for self-aggrandizement is okay. This profit over patriotism culture that has infested our country and our institutions of higher learning is okay. This must end. It is a national security issue when the Communist Party simply buys onto platforms that manipulate our children, their education, the vision and ability to appreciate this great country.…”