Chair Walberg Statement on the House Passage of DETERRENT Act

Image March 27, 2025 Press Release Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1048, the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act: “The lack of transparency around foreign relationships with our nation’s universities should concern every American as we see stolen research, antisemitic propaganda, and academic censorship. We should be loud and clear; no American university should be helping the Chinese Communist Party or other entities continue to threaten U.S. national security. "I’m glad to see the DETERRENT Act once again pass the House with bipartisan support and urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass this vital piece of legislation. Doing so will help defend against our adversaries while also holding our institutions to a higher standard than ‘taking foreign money first, asking questions later’." Issues : Education