Lawmaker Eyes Higher Scrutiny for Foreign State Media on Capitol Hill

Lawmaker Eyes Higher Scrutiny for Foreign State Media on Capitol Hill
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) appears on Urban View's Helping Our Heroes Special, moderated by SiriusXM host Jennifer Hammond at the Cannon Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2018. Larry French/Getty Images for SiriusXM
Eva Fu
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Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) is urging Congress to restrict foreign state-sponsored media access on Capital Hill over concerns that they could conduct espionage on behalf of U.S. adversaries.

In a resolution introduced on March 1, Bergman said he wants to require foreign state media with credentialed members in the House news media galleries to register as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), arguing that such outlets shouldn’t enjoy “the same privileges as traditional media.”
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Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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