{"id":1287927,"date":"2022-02-10T10:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1287927"},"modified":"2022-02-10T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:07:58","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-ban-on-funding-research-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-ban-on-funding-research-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce Ban On Funding Research In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-introduce-ban-on-funding-research-in-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1287927&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Several members of the Republican Study Committee will introduce a bill on Thursday that would ban the federal government from funding research in China.<\/p>\n<p>New Mexico Rep. Yvette Herrell, the lead sponsor of the legislation, told the Daily Caller that she proposed it as a response to federal funding of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). The National Institutes of Health <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/nih-admits-funding-gain-of-function-research\/\">funded<\/a> the research at WIV through a sub-grant to the non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, and federal officials repeatedly denied that they funded gain-of-function research on bat-based coronaviruses at the lab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot trust the corrupt authoritarians running China with the health of the world, and Americans should not have their tax dollars go to projects that could create another pandemic. I have introduced the Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act to preserve the integrity of our scientific research and to protect the American people from the irresponsible and inhumane communist regime,\u201d Herrell said.<\/p>\n<p>The Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act prohibits all federal agencies from offering \u201c<span class=\"a\">grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative <\/span><span class=\"a\">agreements or other funding vehicles\u201d for \u201c<\/span><span class=\"a\">research that will<\/span><span class=\"a\"> be conducted by <\/span><span class=\"a\">the government of the People\u2019s Republic of&nbsp; <\/span><span class=\"a\">China or any agent or instrumentality of the govern<\/span><span class=\"a\">ment of the People\u2019s Republic of China\u201d or the Chinese Communist Party.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the bill here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View SFOA Act on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/558048283\/SFOA-Act#from_embed\">SFOA Act<\/a> by <a title=\"View Michael Ginsberg&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/548087574\/Michael-Ginsberg#from_embed\">Michael Ginsberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolding China accountable is one of the RSC\u2019s top priorities this Congress, and this bill plays a central role in that effort. Funding research in China, directly or indirectly, only undermines America\u2019s position in the world and legitimizes the Chinese Communist Party. We must not let it continue,\u201d Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, added.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a\">China reportedly conducted dual-use research at the WIV, meaning that the U.S. government could have been funding Chinese military activity. WIV has engaged in animal research and testing on behalf of the People\u2019s Liberation Army since at least 2017, according to a State Department fact <a href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/fact-sheet-activity-at-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology\/index.html\">sheet<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/16\/house-committee-ecohealth-alliance-bat-coronaviruses-lab-wuhan-institute-of-virology\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Lawmakers Ask For Details From American Scientists Who Studies Bat Coronaviruses In Wuhan Before The Pandemic)<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WIV is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/16\/wuhan-lab-eligible-taxpayer-funding\/\">eligible<\/a> to receive taxpayer funding through 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several members of the Republican Study Committee will introduce a bill on Thursday that would ban the federal government from funding research in China.New Mexico Rep. 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