Statement on Communist Chinese Party Infiltration at Harvard University

Saratoga, N.Y. - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik released the below statement following a reportby the Washington Free Beacon on an investigationby the House Select Committee on the CCP revealing Harvard's role in exacerbating Communist China's transnational repression on their campus.

"Once again, Harvard has proven to be completely corrupted by adversarial foreign influence. Harvard is kowtowing to Communist China and as a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee I will continue working to root out foreign control over our college campuses. We cannot allow American institutions of higher education to serve as tools for Communist China to carry out its transnational repression. I look forward to working with Chairman Moolenaar and Chairwoman Foxx to hold Harvard accountable and to end Communist China's infiltration of American universities," said Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.

"This is yet another example of Harvard's appallingly unequal treatment of protestors based on the speech they support. Harvard is punishing brave students who spoke out against the CCP's human rights abuses while not only letting the student who assaulted them off scot-free but also handing him an apology. The American higher education system needs to wake up to the Chinese Communist Party's influence on our nation's campuses and protect students who speak out against the CCP, not punish them for standing up to bullies," said Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar.

"I wish I could say I was surprised, but this is par for the course for Harvard - the only consistent part of the university's disciplinary standards is that they're always applied selectively to the benefit of favored groups. Whether it's pro-Hamas or pro-CCP agitators, administrators apologize to and actually encourage some students to keep expressing their so-called 'meaningful discourse' at the expense of the safety of other students. It's unacceptable, and I appreciate Chairman Moolenaar shining a light on this major issue,"said Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx.

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