WASHINGTON – Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) released the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act.
“Malign influences pose a national security threat to our country, especially when it comes to the CCP. We passed Rep. Baumgartner’s bill to strengthen transparency and accountability in our higher education institutions and keep the CCP away from our students,” McClain said. “It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that 168 Democrats voted against protecting American students from the CCP’s influence today. House Republicans, however, will continue to keep our promise to make America secure.”
The DETERRENT Act would protect American students from the influence of foreign adversaries, particularly the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The bill lowers the threshold for reporting gifts and contracts from foreign sources to the Department of Education from $250,000 to $50,000.
