Rep. Mark Harris: Putting Students–Not America’s Adversaries–First

WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, Representative Mark Harris (NC-8) authored an op-ed in The Daily Signal highlighting how President Trump and House Republicans are fighting to put America’s students first, not our adversaries.

Some key quotes are below:

• “America’s students deserve better than to be treated as pawns in the Chinese Communist Party’s long game to undermine our country.”

   

• “The Chinese Communist Party has a proven record of stealing intellectual property and infiltrating key American institutions, particularly in fields like defense and medicine. When $2.32 billion from the party finds its way into our universities, it’s not generosity—it’s a threat. As the saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”

• “Our schools should be bastions of free inquiry, not beachheads for hostile foreign regimes. Unfortunately, our adversaries are exploiting colleges and unraveling our sacred First Amendment rights—and American schools are complying to keep the cash coming.”

• “Thankfully, Trump has reversed course, reopening investigations, including one into hundreds of millions of dollars in secret donations to the University of California, Berkeley.”

• “This fight is about the future of our country. America’s adversaries see our students as soft targets—we must prove them wrong. Ignoring this serious threat abandons the hearts and minds of our next generation of leaders.”

Read the full article here.

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