针对美国共和党议员提议设立56个FBI岗位监督中国留学生在美活动，外交部发言人华春莹12日在记者会上回应说：“我觉得他可能太低估了。前几年中国留学生在美国也有30来万，他应该提议设立30万个FBI的岗位，或者至少15万个，顺便解决一下美国国内的就业问题。(I think that's an underestimate. There were more than 300,000 Chinese students studying in the United States. Perhaps they should propose to set up 300,000 FBI posts or at least 150,000, which may also help solve the unemployment problem in the United States.) ”

华春莹表示，“美国不管是历史上还是现实中都存在很多问题。这些由美国人民选出来的美国国会议员，为什么不去关注、不花时间和精力去解决美国国内存在的问题，而要天天拿中国说三道四？难道这些美国人民选出的议员，连什么是美国真正面临的威胁都分不清楚、都没有基本判断吗？他们作为美国人民选出的议员，为促进美国人民的福祉，保护人民的健康，维护公民的人权，促进不同族裔的平等都做了些什么？我想这些可能是那些美国国会议员需要认真思考的问题。”

“With so many problems either left over from history or besetting the US in reality, those US lawmaker elected by the American people, instead of focusing their time and energy in solving problems at home, are keen to point fingers at China every now and then. Do they really have no clue as to what the real threat to the US is? As elected members of the American people, what have they done to promote the well-being of the American people, protect their health, safeguard their human rights and improve social equality for all ethnic groups? How about these US lawmakers do some serious thinking on these matters?”