House Republican warns 23andMe and Trump administration to keep genetic data out of hands of ‘bad actors’

Published March 28, 2025 6:03pm ET



EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) is asking the Trump administration to monitor the selling of genetic data by the recently bankrupted biotechnology company 23andme to ensure that Americans’ information does not fall into the hands of “bad actors.”

The Oklahoma Republican is sending two letters, one to the Trump administration and one to the biotechnology company, to raise alarm bells about the possible national security risk selling the information poses in the event the data is sold to “companies headquartered in or with ties to countries hostile to American national interests.”

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