Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions Act

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Mr. ONDER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1048, the DETERRENT Act.

Mr. Chair, this bill will end the influence and downright espionage of the Chinese Communist Party on our American College campuses.

Last Congress, the Select Committee on the CCP issued a remarkable report highlighting how UC Berkeley partnered with Tsinghua University and the city of Shenzen to create the Tsinghua-Berkeley-Shenzen Institute, which actively partnered with a Chinese research lab in April 2023 to improve advanced chip technology.

Why in the world should the Chinese Communist Party, which controls the city of Shenzen and Tsinghua University, have access to American research on sensitive technology with military applications?

Likewise, Alfred University recently received a grant from the Department of Defense to research hypersonic weapons. Unbelievably, the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan then partnered with Alfred University with this research.

China University of Geosciences also happened to be doing very similar weapons research for the CCP. How do we know that our research and development in our hypersonic weapons isn't going straight to the CCP? The answer is: It probably is.

Additionally, according to the FBI, the CCP is the world's principal infringer of intellectual property. We need to stop the Chinese Communist Party, the number one threat to our security and the security of the world, from taking advantage of American innovation and the openness of our university campuses.

Mr. Chair, I proudly support the DETERRENT Act.

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