WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled "Stealth Stealing: China's Ongoing Theft of U.S. Innovation." During his opening, Durbin condemned the Trump Administration for taking actions that harm our innovation ecosystem. President Trump has attempted to cancel grants, fire scientists, and freeze billions of dollars of National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) funding. Durbin also criticized President Trump's tariffs, which have harmed our reputation abroad and made it more difficult to counter...