Summary
- Senator Joni Ernst is concerned about foreign adversaries like China and Russia infiltrating US laboratories.
- She has requested data from the Department of Energy regarding access granted to Chinese, Russian, and Iranian nationals in recent years.
- A Senate Intelligence Committee report found that thousands of foreign citizens were granted access to US national laboratories in fiscal year 2023.
- Concerns about safeguarding US technological secrets amid heightened geopolitical tensions with China, Russia, and Iran have been raised.