This press release from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) was published on 2026-06-23 and titled "Lee, Cotton Sound Alarm on Chinese Thieves in American Labs".
Lee, Cotton Sound Alarm on Chinese Thieves in American Labs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) today sent a letter to alert Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright of Chinese nationals’ access to American National Labs, where they are infiltrating sensitive research facilities to steal American intellectual property and technology to benefit Communist China.