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

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Mr. BEAN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I thank Chair Foxx for yielding.

Mr. Chairman, we have a problem. Today, America's education system is being purchased and manipulated by foreign nations. Since 2013, we know about $12 billion has flooded in from foreign sources to U.S. colleges, and outside experts say billions more in foreign funds could have been underreported.

Foreign nations are pumping money into our higher education systems, and these nations are not our friends. This means our enemies are funding our colleges and universities.

Make no mistake, every dollar that flows into our classrooms comes with strings attached. By accepting these foreign funds, our colleges and universities are importing toxic hatred straight from the dogma of our Nation's enemies into our classrooms.

The results speak for themselves, as we saw in Chair Foxx's committee hearing yesterday: rampant anti-Semitism, censorship, and disdain for our U.S. Constitution, our Founding Fathers, and our American way of life.

This is what happens when our institutions of higher learning accept the Trojan horse of foreign funding. This blatant attempt to inject foreign ideologies into our schools undermines the fundamental purpose of American education.

It goes without saying that we should be teaching American values in American schools.

As a proud cosponsor of Representative Steel's bill, H.R. 5933, the DETERRENT Act, I look forward today to supporting this timely legislation, which will provide much-needed transparency in foreign funding to schools and reporting requirements.

As we say in Florida, let the sunshine in. Mr. Chairman, let me be clear: America's institutions of higher learning are not for sale.

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