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GOPers Tee Up New Oversight Probe of Foreign Influence, Political Bias in NSF Grants

GOPers Tee Up New Oversight Probe of Foreign Influence, Political Bias in NSF Grants
Sen. Rand Paul, (R-Ky.) speaks in Highland Heights, Ky., on Nov. 21, 2014. AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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Three Republican senators are launching an oversight investigation to determine why measures to bar foreign influences on the hundreds of millions of tax dollars awarded annually by the National Science Foundation (NSF) have not been implemented.

The senators—Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Richard Burr of North Carolina—also want answers on NSF grants in recent years that appear to be intended to favor ideological interest groups in American public policy.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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