"US Universities Under Siege: Foreign Espionage, Stolen Innovation, & the National Security Threat"

House Committee on Education and Workforce · March 27, 2026

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Opening remarks and framing of the hearing

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Chairman Wahlberg opened by framing universities as vital national institutions that receive taxpayer funding and are vulnerable to foreign influence; he cited past committee work on foreign gifts and referenced the Deterrent Act and Section 117 of the Higher Education Act as tools to increase transparency. He invited the ranking member to speak.

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House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on foreign influence and research security at U.S. universities, GAO findings on Department of Education staffing and oversight, and testimony from a Stanford student who said she was targeted by a suspected Chinese agent.

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