Top Republicans on three House investigative committees are demanding that the University of Pennsylvania release funding records on the school's Penn Biden Center, a policy institute launched by President Joe Biden in 2017.
The university has received over $72 million from China since the Penn Biden Center opened-up from $21 million in the same time frame prior-prompting questions from watchdog groups and lawmakers about whether the uptick had any relation to the center.
"Understanding whether the University of Pennsylvania's Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement received funds from China or other adversarial nations at the behest of the Biden family or future Biden Administration officials will shed light on the depth and breadth of the potential improper influence these nations enjoy over the Biden family," said the letter from House Committee on Oversight and Reform ranking member James Comer, House Committee on the Judiciary ranking member Jim Jordan, and the House Committee on Education and Labor ranking member Virginia Foxx.
The Penn Biden Center, which was run by Biden's secretary of state Antony Blinken and employed other Biden aides, has declined to disclose details about its funding.
The University of Pennsylvania has denied that there is a connection between its increase in funding from China and the Penn Biden Center.
Stephen MacCarthy, a spokesman for the University of Pennsylvania, told the Washington Free Beacon earlier this month that the Penn Biden Center "Is funded entirely with University funds" and doesn't engage in fundraising.
The lawmakers asked the university to brief their committee staff on the matter by Feb. 4 and turn over the records by Feb. 11.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
House GOP Calls on UPenn to Turn Over Records on Biden Center and China Funding
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