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Rep. Williams’ Amendment to NDAA PASSES In The HouseRep. Williams amendment PASSES the House, prohibiting American taxpayer funds to be used for research in or in connection with China.
Washington, DC,
July 13, 2023
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Brandon Williams’ (NY-22) amendment prohibiting funding of research in China added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) successfully PASSED in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Williams’ amendment expressly prohibits any American taxpayer funded Federal departments or agencies from directly or indirectly conducting or supporting, through grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements or other funding vehicles, research that will be conducted in China:
“China is our primary adversary, and we must stop funding their research activities. With growing tension between our country and the Communist Chinese regime, there are no good reasons to support funding these research initiatives or cooperative agreements. This is a huge win for American taxpayers—my amendment ends funding of research by the Chinese government or any Chinese Communist Party agencies,” said Congressman Brandon Williams. “The stakes on the global stage have never been higher, therefore we should focus our resources at home. Energy prices are at record highs, inflation continues to steal from our quality of life, our Southern border is in crisis, violent criminals are being released onto our streets, and opioids from China are killing our youth at historic rates, stealing our children’s future. Funding our adversaries must stop, now!” |