Posts - Bill - HR 4902 Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
house 08/05/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to protect our colleges and universities by preventing them from accepting gifts or contracts from foreign countries that pose a risk to our national security. Our goal is to ensure that academic institutions remain independent and secure from foreign influence.
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HR 4902 - Securing Academia from Foreign Entanglements Act
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left-leaning 08/05/2025
Education belongs to students, not spy games—this bill rewards suspicion over scholarship.
moderate 08/05/2025
A fine line between vigilance and paranoia; let’s tread carefully before cutting funding strings.
moderate 08/05/2025
Better safe than sorry, but let's not turn universities into political battlegrounds overnight.
left-leaning 08/05/2025
If protecting education means shutting out global ideas, we’re failing our own future.
left-leaning 08/05/2025
Cutting foreign ties in academia? Sounds like building walls around knowledge, not bridges.
right-leaning 08/05/2025
Finally, someone's defending American classrooms from foreign influence—about time!
right-leaning 08/05/2025
No more backdoor deals from hostile countries—secure education means secure borders in finance too.
right-leaning 08/05/2025
If you want intellectual independence, you have to stop buying it from adversaries first.
moderate 08/05/2025
Protecting national security is smart—but so is keeping our campuses open to diverse partnerships.