Sen. Tom Cotton Tom Bryant CottonGOP brushes back charges of hypocrisy in Supreme Court fight Trump uses bin Laden raid to attack Biden Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (R-Ark.) suggested Sunday that Chinese students should not be allowed to live in the U.S. for the purpose of obtaining science-related degrees from U.S. universities.

In an interview with "Sunday Morning Futures" on Fox News, Cotton said that Chinese students seeking to study at U.S. schools should be limited to studying courses in the Humanities.

"If Chinese students want to come here and study Shakespeare and the Federalist Papers, that's what they need to learn from America," Cotton said. "They don't need to learn quantum computing."

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"It is a scandal to me that we have trained so many of the Chinese Communist Party's brightest minds," he added.

Cotton's remarks are some of the latest calls for retribution against Chinese officials for perceived mismanagement of the coronavirus outbreak, which experts believe originated in China. Some critics meanwhile have raised questions about Beijing's official case count and death toll within China.

Republicans have also focused their criticism of the World Health Organization (WHO) in recent weeks, largely over claims that the organization deferred to Chinese authorities while dealing with the virus. President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE announced earlier this month that the U.S. would suspend funding for the organization amid a review of its governing practices.