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The issue is more of the compliance procedures, not necessarily the wage rates.

Our debt, our deficit, and our spending are indefensible. Three years ago, our national debt was $23 trillion, a staggering sum by any measure. Since then, it has grown by 50 percent to $33 trillion. We have heard allegations tonight from…

Food security is a critical component of national security, and we need to make sure that foreign countries do not hold an undue influence over our food supply.

It has become very apparent that an increasing number of foreign purchases of American agricultural land is posing a threat to national security.

I am pleased that this year's Senate National Defense Authorization Act includes Senator Rounds' amendment to prohibit China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea from purchasing U.S. agricultural land and businesses.

We must safeguard U.S. farmland, and food security is a critical component of national security.

These four adversaries view America as their top competitor and only wish to gain advantage and opportunities to surveil our Nation's capabilities and resources.

We introduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security, or PASS Act, to ban China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from purchasing American farmland or ag businesses.

I think it is important to recognize that as this technology has been effectively utilized for decades, the surge in advancement is prompting our discussion today.

We have to avoid the unintended consequences of being overly broad.

We must assure that innovations benefits flow to all Americans, not, as far too typical, just a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires and Wall Street executives.

I think one thing my colleagues and I agree on is Silicon Valley ethos of move fast and break things is dangerous for both our financial system and our entire economy.

We have to avoid the unintended consequences of being overly broad.

I think it is important to recognize that as this technology has been effectively utilized for decades, the surge in advancement is prompting our discussion today.

I think one thing my colleagues and I agree on is Silicon Valley ethos of move fast and break things is dangerous for both our financial system and our entire economy.

We stand in the middle of a journey of monumental change.

We must assure that innovations benefits flow to all Americans, not, as far too typical, just a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires and Wall Street executives.

But the point being, it exists today, the cat's out of the bag. And our adversaries or other countries are utilizing it today, and the United States is probably in a position to use it today as well.