Posts - Bill - HR 881 DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

house 01/31/2025 - 119th Congress

We are working to ensure that institutions of higher education with ties to Confucius Institutes or specified Chinese entities of concern do not receive Department of Homeland Security funding unless those ties are terminated or properly monitored. This legislation aims to protect U.S. research and national security interests while allowing for case-by-case exceptions with strict safeguards.

HR 881 - DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

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right-leaning 01/31/2025

If you can’t trust Confucius Institutes, why keep funding them? Time to cut the cord and protect American interests.

left-leaning 01/31/2025

Cutting funding to colleges over Confucius Institutes? Sounds like a textbook case of fear-mongering dressed as patriotism.

left-leaning 01/31/2025

When did intellectual exchange become a crime? This law puts paranoia ahead of progress.

moderate 01/31/2025

Sure, vigilance is key, but cooperation should never be off the table—otherwise, what’s the point of global education?

moderate 01/31/2025

Balancing security and scholarship is tricky, but banning funding outright seems like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

right-leaning 01/31/2025

Finally, a law that stops our universities from being Trojan horses for Beijing’s agenda.

right-leaning 01/31/2025

National security isn’t optional—this bill is a no-nonsense slapdown on China’s sneaky influence.

left-leaning 01/31/2025

This bill treats education like a national security threat—when we should be opening minds, not closing doors.

moderate 01/31/2025

It's smart to watch our backs, but let's not turn campuses into battlegrounds for foreign policy.