As Chairman Cohen noted, it has been over thirty years since the House Judiciary Committee last held a hearing on FARA. “For decades, however, FARA went relatively under-enforced by the Justice Department. According to one former Justice Department official’s post to the website Just Security, the number of FARA registrants has increased by 50 percent since 2016. “That is why Congress, even as war clouds began to gather over Europe in the 1930’s, chose transparency as the means to combat foreign influence in our democracy. “With that, I thank Chairman Cohen for holding a hearing on this important subject and I yield back the balance of my time.”

Source: CNN April 05, 2022 14:40 UTC