It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party is implementing a multipronged strategy to overtake the United States as the global leader—militarily, economically, and geopolitically. This week, Senator Romney advanced efforts to counter the China threat by introducing a bill to safeguard Americans’ sensitive health data from getting into the hands of the CCP and calling on the federal government to assess how export controls can restrict adversaries from using advanced U.S. technology to bolster their AI capabilities. He also called on the Biden Administration to withdraw its overreaching electric vehicle mandate. Keep scrolling for more news. 

Chinese-based biotechnology companies are collecting genetic and sensitive health data from millions of people around the world through medical diagnostics tests to give China the upper hand. We cannot allow the CCP to get their hands on Americans’ private health information. Senator Romney, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Emerging Threats Subcommittee, joined Senators Peters (D-MI) and Hagerty (R-TN) in introducing bipartisan legislation to help prevent foreign adversaries from stealing sensitive American genetic data and personal health information.

The Prohibiting Foreign Access to American Genetic Information Act would ban all biotechnology companies that are owned or controlled by a foreign adversary, such as the CCP, and whose business practices threaten national security, from receiving U.S. taxpayer dollars through federal contracts, grants, and loans.