Several members of the Republican Study Committee will introduce a bill Thursday to ban the federal government from funding research in China. New Mexico Rep. Yvette Herrell, the lead sponsor of the legislation, told the Daily Caller that it comes in response to federal funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. “We […]
Several members of the Republican Study Committee will introduce a bill Thursday to ban the federal government from funding research in China.
New Mexico Rep. Yvette Herrell, the lead sponsor of the legislation, told the Daily Caller that it comes in response to federal funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“We cannot trust the corrupt authoritarians running China with the health of the world, and Americans should not have their tax dollars go to projects that could create another pandemic. I have introduced the Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act to preserve the integrity of our scientific research and to protect the American people from the irresponsible and inhumane communist regime,” Herrell said.
The bill prohibits all federal agencies from offering “grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements or other funding vehicles” for research “that will be conducted by the government of the People’s Republic of China or any agent or instrumentality of the government of the People’s Republic of China.”
“Holding China accountable is one of the RSC’s top priorities this Congress, and this bill plays a central role in that effort,” Rep. Jim Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said. “Funding research in China, directly or indirectly, only undermines America’s position in the world and legitimizes the Chinese Communist Party. We must not let it continue.”
