On the recordFebruary 6, 2025
As a family farmer, I am very concerned with America's prime farmland being covered with taxpayer- subsidized solar panel installations. Food security is national security, and if we cover our farm ground with Chinese solar panels, we will become dependent on foreign adversaries for food. According to the EPA, solar panels contain hazardous waste that can be harmful to human health. That is why we should be alarmed by the increasing number of solar panels being installed on our most fertile farmland, especially when the Federal Government is handing out tax credits for it. Today, I reintroduced the No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act to stop Federal Government tax incentives for installing Chinese solar panels on American farmland. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to cosponsor this important legislation and put an end to the left's green bad deal that puts fake environmental goals over food security. ____________________
