A national security expert is paying close attention to how Gov. Katie Hobbs will handle a series of bills aimed at deterring China’s influence in Arizona, after shifting her rhetoric toward the Communist country.
In 2024 and 2025, Hobbs vetoed numerous bills aimed at curbing China’s influence.
The bills ranged from preventing public funds from being used for genetic sequencing procedures performed with devices produced by companies associated with foreign adversaries as well as stopping the Arizona state government from investing in or contracting with foreign adversaries.
When Hobbs vetoed the bill that would have prevented Arizona from investing in foreign adversaries, she said the bill “would be detrimental to the economic growth Arizona is experiencing as well as the State's investment portfolio.”
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