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Sen. Rick Scott to U.S. Ambassador David Perdue: Communist China is our Enemy and Can’t Be Trusted |
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| Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue as he works to advance President Trump’s agenda to put American families first, protect our national security interests, and hold Communist China accountable for its role in pushing dangerous fentanyl into our nation. In his letter, Senator Scott notes several of his priorities to help advance the president’s agenda, and calls on Ambassador Perdue to take an uncompromising stance against the dangerous and deceitful Communist Chinese regime – an adversarial nation that lies, cheats, spies, and has proven it will go to any length to destroy America, our businesses, and our way of life in its mission for global domination. Senator Scott has led several legislative efforts to hold Communist China accountable and protect our national security, including his Drones for America Act, No Adversarial AI Act, Prying into Chinese Tyrants’ Unreported Riches, Earnings, and Secrets (PICTURES) Act, Military Installation Retail Security Act, No Safe Harbor for the Enemy Act, and legislative package to crack down on Communist China’s exploitation of U.S. markets. Read more HERE. Read the full letter HERE. — |
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Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Drones for America Act to Ban Chinese-Made Drones & Components; Support U.S. Drone Manufacturing |
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| Senator Rick Scott announced the introduction of the Drones for America Act to build on his efforts to ban Chinese-made drones and components in the United States, which pose a severe national security risk, and strengthen American production. This legislation will implement a ban on Chinese-manufactured drone systems by January 1, 2028 and Chinese-manufactured components by January 1, 2031, and implement a gradually-increasing tariff on these items until full bans are in effect to phase them out of the market. Tariff revenue will fund a grant program, established by the Drones for America Act, to support the procurement and development of U.S.-manufactured drones and components for first responders, law enforcement, farmers, ranchers, and others. Senator Scott successfully passed his American Security Drone Act as part of the FY24 NDAA and built on this effort by successfully fighting for the inclusion of provisions of his Countering CCP Drones Act to be included in the FY25 NDAA. His new bill, the Drones for America Act, builds on his work to phase out Chinese drones’ presence in the United States and to support American manufacturers in the industry. Senator Rick Scott said: “For years now, I have been working to stop Communist China from pushing drones and other items into U.S. markets for use by our military and everyday Americans because of their clear national security risk. Communist China is our adversary, willing to use every tool at their disposal to destroy us, and they have been using technology like drones to spy on our citizens, our lands, our military, and our government. As we work to build American manufacturing and stop our reliance on our adversaries, my new bill, the Drones for America Act, will work to phase Chinese-made drones and components out of the market and give domestic industries the opportunity to compete and thrive. This is a critical bill to protect our national security and American families, and stop fueling Communist China’s ambitions for global domination.” Read more HERE. — |
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Sen. Rick Scott Leads Legislation to Stop U.S. Government Agencies from Using Adversarial AI Technology |
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| Senator Rick Scott was joined by Senator Gary Peters and bipartisan members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to announce the introduction of his bipartisan No Adversarial AI Act to prohibit federal agencies from using artificial intelligence technologies controlled by foreign adversaries, including Communist China. This comes as companies like DeepSeek report ties to the Chinese Communist Party with U.S. user data stored in China, putting U.S. national security and critical information at risk. Senator Rick Scott said: “The Communist Chinese regime will use any means necessary to spy, steal, and undermine the United States, and as AI technology advances, we must do more to protect our national security and stop adversarial regimes from using technology against us. With clear evidence that China can have access to U.S. user data on AI systems, it’s absolutely insane for our own federal agencies to be using these dangerous platforms and subject our government to Beijing’s control. Our No Adversarial AI Act will stop this direct threat to our national security and keep the American government’s sensitive data out of enemy hands.” Read more HERE. — |
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Sen. Rick Scott Introduces American Students First Act to Cap Student Visas and Prioritize American Students at U.S. Higher Education Institutions |
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| Senator Rick Scott introduced the American Students First Act to cap the number of foreign students enrolled in American universities with F and M visas under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program at 10% of a school's total student body, with a potential waiver opportunity to increase enrollment to 15% for national security reasons. Current law does not limit the number of foreign students who can be enrolled in a university under the program. This shift will prioritize American student admissions at major universities and stop the exploitation of nations like Communist China in our higher education system. Senator Rick Scott said: “The U.S. has world-renowned colleges and universities that students from around the globe aspire to attend, but that cannot come at the expense of opportunities for American students or our national security. We have seen our nation’s adversaries like Communist China use student visas to send members of the Communist Party into the United States as a tool to conduct espionage, intellectual property theft, and recently bring toxic biological pathogens into our nation. It’s a clear and dangerous loophole in the system. President Trump and Secretary Marco Rubio’s efforts to review students’ visas and thoroughly vet all foreign nationals from adversarial nations, particularly Communist China, is critical to protect our students, safeguard our academic institutions, and defend American innovation and our national security interests. My American Students First Act is the next step to ensure taxpayer-funded institutions put American students first, and invest in our nation’s future success instead of selling out to foreign adversaries.” Read more HERE. — |
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Sen. Rick Scott Introduces PICTURES Act to Expose Hypocrisy of Communist Chinese Elites |
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| Senator Rick Scott introduced the Prying into Chinese Tyrants’ Unreported Riches, Earnings, and Secrets (PICTURES) Act which directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to produce a detailed report, including any photographic evidence, on the wealth and hidden assets of senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. The PICTURES Act will expose the vast financial wealth of top CCP elites including General Secretary Xi Jinping, particularly assets concealed overseas or funneled through financial proxies, to better inform U.S. national security and foreign policy decisions as well as to expose Xi and other leaders of one of the world’s wealthiest and most corrupt authoritarian regimes. Senator Rick Scott said: “Communist China’s ruthless regime has built a throne of lies, theft, and tyranny that undermines the very principles of the United States. The regime in Communist China is lying to its people and the world - it’s time the American people see the truth behind the CCP’s carefully manufactured image. My PICTURES Act exposes the hypocrisy of dictators like Xi preaching the principles of communism, while living like emperors hiding billions in secret offshore accounts and profiting off the labor of the nation’s people. General Secretary Xi and his cronies are not world leaders, they’re authoritarian profiteers who threaten freedom and the American way of life at every turn. I look forward to the quick passage of this bill to highlight just how corrupt Communist China really is.” Read more HERE. — |
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Sens. Rick Scott, Marsha Blackburn Call for Investigation into Communist China’s Potential Solar Power ‘Kill Switch’ |
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| Following reports that rogue communication devices were found in Chinese solar power invertors, Senators Rick Scott and Marsha Blackburn sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler urging him to launch an immediate investigation into the risks this poses to the United States’ national security, including the risk that the Chinese Communist regime possesses a ‘kill switch’ for the United States power grid. In the letter, the Senators highlight the Trump administration’s commitment to our national security and holding Communist China, an adversary, accountable, and urges action to remove Communist China from our critical infrastructure for the safety of our nation and American families. Read more HERE. Read the full letter HERE. — |
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