Tom Cotton: “These programs were, to the best of your understanding, approved by the Commander in Chief, legally approved by the…”

I have advised the President against this ill-advised action in the past and I now urge him to reconsider.

China’s growing footprint in global agriculture is a deliberate, strategic effort to dominate food production and supply chains in ways that threatens American farmers and food security.

I propose we extend these prohibitions to additional Chinese models and enact a government-wide ban on contractor use.

Chinese state owned companies now have direct access to Brazilian farmers, purchasing their soybeans and overseeing the entire commercialization chain, including storage and transport to China, effectively locking in a supply chain that…