Bob Onder Raises Concerns That US Hypersonic Weapons Research Could Be Going 'Straight To The CCP'

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During debate on the House floor, Rep. Bob Onder (R-MO) spoke in support of HR 1048, the DETERRENT Act.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1048, the

00:06Deterrent Act. This bill will end the influence and downright espionage of the Chinese Communist

00:12Party on our American college campuses. Last Congress, the Select Committee on the CCP

00:17issued a remarkable report highlighting how UC Berkeley partnered with Tsinghua University

00:24and the City of Shenzhen to create the Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, which actively

00:32partnered with a Chinese research lab in April 2023 to improve advanced chip technology.

00:39Why in the world should the Chinese Communist Party, which controls the City of Shenzhen

00:44and Tsinghua University, have access to American research on sensitive technology with military

00:53applications? Likewise, Alfred University recently received a grant from the Department

00:59of Defense to research hypersonic weapons. Unbelievably, the China University of Geosciences

01:06in Wuhan then partnered with Alfred University with this research. China University of Geosciences

01:15also happened to be doing very similar weapons research for the CCP. How do we know that

01:21our research and development in hypersonic weapons isn't going straight to the CCP?

01:28The answer is it probably is. Additionally, according to the FBI, the CCP is the world's

01:34principal infringer of intellectual property. We need to stop the Chinese Communist Party,

01:38the number one threat to our security and the security of the world, from taking advantage

01:43of American innovation and the openness of our university campuses. I proudly support

01:48the Deterrent Act and I yield back.

Bob Onder Raises Concerns That US Hypersonic Weapons Research Could Be Going 'Straight To The CCP'

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