{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/12/sens-rick-scott-john-fetterman-introduce-disclosing-investment-in-foreign-adversaries-act-to-protect-american-investors-from-adversarial-countries", "Sens. Rick Scott, John Fetterman Introduce Disclosing Investment in Foreign Adversaries Act to Protect American Investors from Adversarial Countries", "2025-12-22", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "FL", "Rick Scott", "S001217", "www.rickscott.senate.gov", "rickscott", "https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/press-releases/", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senators Rick Scott and John Fetterman announced the introduction of the Disclosing Investment in Foreign Adversaries Act to provide transparency for Americans into investments made by American private equity firms into countries of concern, such as Russia or Communist China, so Americans are not unknowingly investing their hard-earned savings and retirement funds into U.S. adversaries. The legislation addresses this problem by requiring private equity, mutual funds, and ETFs to annually disclose the percentage of any assets invested in countries like China to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); requiring the SEC to publicly release a report of firms investing assets in countries of concern and the percentage of those invested assets; and requiring entities selling stock in the private markets to disclose the recipient of the investment, the intended location of the investment, and the investment\u2019s intended purpose.\n\nSenator Rick Scott said, \u201cOur adversaries, like Communist China and Russia, benefit from the current status quo that grants them a complete lack of transparency, and currently, our financial markets enable and often help fund their bad behavior. These foreign adversaries lie, cheat, steal, and abuse their own people using the power of American investment dollars, and without public disclosure and accountability, they can get away with it. I am proud to lead this bill to provide Americans transparency on how their savings are being invested, and which companies and regimes they may be supporting. We have to stop sending Americans\u2019 hard-earned dollars to fuel our enemies\u2019 hate against us.\u201d\n\nSenator John Fetterman said, \u201cYou work hard for your money, and you should absolutely know how it\u2019s being invested, especially if it boosts the economies of our adversaries. This bill protects the interests of hardworking Americans and our great country, while making sure firms publicly disclose what they are doing. When I think of \u2018America first,\u2019 this bill is a good example.\u201d\n\nThe Disclosing Investment in Foreign Adversaries Act, which Senator Scott introduced last Congress, is the latest of Senator Scott\u2019s bills to hold Communist China accountable for working to destroy America\u2019s financial systems, including a five-bill package aimed at protecting American investors from China\u2019s financial exploitation and legislation cracking down on Chinese influence in American markets.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-03-30T11:08:25Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/12/sens-rick-scott-john-fetterman-introduce-disclosing-investment-in-foreign-adversaries-act-to-protect-american-investors-from-adversarial-countries"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4332619030028582, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}