China-focused Endless Frontier Act funding faces GOP skepticism

An unreleased bill that would drastically increase National Science Foundation funding to better to compete with China, which is being heralded as the centerpiece of a forthcoming China-focused legislative package, came under fire on Wednesday from some Republicans who see it as an attempt to adopt Beijing’s high-spending strategy. During a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing, GOP panel members offered a variety of criticisms of the “Endless Frontier Act” even though their colleague, Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), has...