{"id":2345650,"date":"2024-09-25T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-introducing-bill-demanding-annual-reports-on-us-funded-research-to-china-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:50:51","slug":"ernst-introducing-bill-demanding-annual-reports-on-us-funded-research-to-china-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-introducing-bill-demanding-annual-reports-on-us-funded-research-to-china-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst introducing bill demanding annual reports on US-funded research to China &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fernst-introducing-bill-demanding-annual-reports-on-us-funded-research-to-china-washington-examiner%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=2345650&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--><p>Senator\u200d Joni Ernst (R-IA) is introducing a new piece \u200bof legislation \u2062called the Chinese Laboratory Accountability and Watchful Spending Act, or\u200c CLAWS \u200bAct, which mandates annual reports on U.S.-funded biomedical research conducted in China. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-dc-anti-abortion-activist-applaud-chip-roy-for-face-act-repeal-bill\/\" title=\"DC anti-abortion activists&#039; lawyers praise Chip Roy for introducing a bill to repeal the FACE Act.\">bill\u200b aims<\/a> to require the Office of Management and Budget \u200b(OMB) to\u200c provide detailed reports \u2064outlining the funding purposes and locations of the research.\u200b Ernst\u200c criticized the Biden administration for prioritizing funding for adversarial nations like China and the Taliban over\u200b support for U.S. veterans, suggesting there should be \u2064greater\u200d accountability\u200c in how \u200ctaxpayer dollars \u200care spent abroad. The Washington Examiner has \u200breached out to the Biden administration for a response to these claims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ernst introducing bill demanding annual reports on US-funded research to China<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1739303\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joni-ernst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joni Ernst\">Joni Ernst<\/a> (R-IA) is introducing a bill demanding annual reports into U.S.-funded research in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joni Ernst\">China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Chinese Laboratory Accountability and Watchful Spending Act, otherwise known as the CLAWS Act, would require the Office of Management and Budget to submit annual reports on biomedical research funded by the United States and performed in China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are undervaluing our heroes and underwriting our adversaries,&rdquo;&nbsp;Ernst said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;&ldquo;When you ask why there are millions for the Taliban and China but not enough for veterans, it appears the cat has this administration&rsquo;s tongue. We can claw back taxpayer dollars by ending support for terrorist groups, exposing all funding for batty experiments in China,&nbsp;and giving our veterans the highest quality of care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Biden-Harris administration for comment on the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The CLAWS Act would require the OMB to give a detailed report on every aspect of funding to Chinese biomedical research, including its purpose, the exact location where research is being carried out, whether the research is supported by or affiliated with the Chinese military or intelligence, the start and end dates of the projects, and the rationale for why the research is being funded.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst issues a &ldquo;September Squeal Award&rdquo; every September, which is intended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbie-fraud-meth-monkeys-rand-pauls-annual-festivus-report-shows-900-billion-in-government-waste\/\" title=\"Rand Paul&#039;s &#039;Festivus Report&#039; exposes 0B government waste: Barbie Fraud, Meth Monkeys\">expose government waste<\/a>, fraud, or abuse. She awarded this year&rsquo;s Squeal Award to the Biden-Harris White House, specifically over findings that Veterans Affairs saw a $15 billion shortfall, while an estimated $293 million allegedly went to the Taliban and millions more to China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Americans must report every dollar earned to Washington, then the same level of<br \/>accountability needs to apply to spending those dollars so we can stop Washington from<br \/>underwriting our adversaries at the expense of our nation&rsquo;s real priorities,&rdquo; she said while issuing her award.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once the expenditures required by CLAWS are showing, then we will claw it back,&rdquo; Ernst added.<\/p>\n<p>She cited the CLAWS Act alongside a letter she sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-ambassador-visits-taiwan-for-first-trip-since-1979\/\" title=\"U.S. Ambassador Visits Taiwan for First Trip Since 1979\">administration demanding<\/a> an end to all alleged funding of the Taliban as her response to the Squeal Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1739303\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1739303\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernst proposes bill for annual reports on U.S. research funding in China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2345651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24072747670359-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41676,3895,4501,11232,41677],"class_list":["post-2345650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-annual-reports","tag-bill","tag-china","tag-ernst","tag-us-funded-research"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24072747670359-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}