Both cited PRIMARY sources are reachable and their quotes match verbatim. The Congress.gov introduced text for S.4722 confirms verbatim: "Mr. Rubio (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Ricketts, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary," and confirms the bill is the FORTIFY (Furthering Operations for Resiliency, Transparency, and Integrity to Fortify) U.S. Research Act. This establishes that Ricketts was a fourth-listed cosponsor and Rubio the lead sponsor, so CHAMPIONED (which requires demonstrated leadership: sponsored/authored/led) is correctly NOT warranted; Ricketts only lent his name. The Ricketts press release headline matches verbatim: "Ricketts, Rubio Introduce Bill to End China's Access to American Taxpayer-Funded Research," dated July 11, 2024. ATTEMPTED is properly supported: Ricketts genuinely acted by co-introducing/cosponsoring, but the promise to ADVANCE the bill was unfulfilled — the only recorded action was referral to committee, with no hearing, markup, report, or floor vote before the 118th Congress ended. An independent search for a 119th-Congress reintroduction found only unrelated research-security bills (United States Research Protection Act, RESEARCHER Act, etc.), corroborating that the FORTIFY vehicle died in committee and was not revived (Rubio having resigned to become Secretary of State). The sources support exactly the claimed outcome without overstatement.