Washington – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee) and other Senate colleagues in re-introducing the Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act, legislation aimed at closing loopholes that are exploited by foreign nationals to influence U.S. elections.

“American elections are only for American citizens,” said Senator Marshall. “Neither foreign countries nor their billionaires should be involved in or influencing our elections. The Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act will help protect the integrity of and confidence in our elections by stamping out foreign influence. This legislation is a critical step toward ensuring that the outcomes of our elections are decided solely by the voices of the American people, and I am proud to stand alongside Senator Hagerty in introducing this bill.”

“After years of hysteria over Russiagate and alleged foreign influence in American elections, it turns out Democrats have recently benefited from hundreds of millions of dollars in election-related contributions from a shadowy foreign billionaire, sidestepping the federal ban on foreign-national contributions in U.S. elections,” said Senator Hagerty. “This type of influence undermines democracy and self-government here in America, and its staggering scope should be alarming. I’m pleased to reintroduce this commonsense and critical legislation that will put an end to covert foreign influence on our elections and protect Americans’ voice in electing their leaders.”

The legislation is also co-sponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming).

The legislation was done in part as a response to cases like that of Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, who has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Democrat-funding networks via intermediaries since 2016, including $141 million to boost Democrat candidates and left-wing priorities in the 2018 midterm elections, more than $135 million between 2016 and 2020 to a nonprofit that gave tens of millions to Super PACs that supported Joe Biden in 2020, and more than $265 million in total to one network that funds Democrat operations.

Senator Marshall has long fought to protect to integrity of American elections: