Top House Republicans Demand Answers From Biden Admin on CCP Influence in Higher Education

Top House Republicans Demand Answers From Biden Admin on CCP Influence in Higher Education
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on March 17, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Two House Republican leaders are asking the Biden administration whether it has a plan to investigate China’s financial ties with American colleges and universities and counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) economic influence in higher education.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the top Republican on the House Education Committee, and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), who chairs the conservative caucus Republican Study Committee, said they are concerned that the Education Department is not taking the threat posed by the CCP seriously.