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Rules Committee Debates K–12 Foreign Funding Bills; Democrats Call Them Blunt, Unfunded Mandates
Summary
The Rules Committee heard competing views on three K–12 measures (HR 1005, HR 1049, HR 1069) aimed at foreign influence and disclosure. Sponsors described national-security risks from Confucius classrooms; Democrats called the bills poorly targeted, burdensome, and unsupported by evidence.
House members debated three bills aimed at foreign influence in elementary and secondary education — the Protect Our Kids Act (HR 1069), the CLAS Act (HR 1049) and the Trace Act (HR 1005) — during a Rules Committee hearing that paired the education measures with the SCORE Act and small-business bills.
Chairman Wahlberg and Education Committee witnesses framed the bills as responses to alleged foreign-government efforts to influence U.S. schools, citing research and a handful of Confucius classroom relationships that critics say warranted congressional attention. ‘‘The Chinese Communist Party is attempting to infiltrate our education system,’’ Chairman Wahlberg told the committee, and said the measures would increase transparency and…
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