CSPAN2 U.S. Senate U.S. Senate July 13, 2024
Distributed. Weve worked closely with the department of energy and others on this legislation and they agree this is important. It also allows the state department to deny visas to foreign researchers seeking to access sensitive u. S. Research when there is a threat to our economic or national security. This may surprise you, but they cant do that now. Career Foreign Service officers, employees at the state department have begged us for that authority. Our bill also requires Research Institutions to have safeguards in place to prohibit unauthorized access to Sensitive Research because weve fou...