"Recent media reports show that the largest Chinese holder of American ag land is shipping food and medical supplies to China to be stockpiled by the Chinese military."
"I am looking forward to getting a farm bill done because that is the safety net for our farmers out there."
"It is incredibly important that we stop China and that we make sure other evil foreign governments don't come in and have the opportunity to buy up land next to these military installations."
"They are buying up our entire food supply chain, and when America can't feed itself and we rely on members of another country to feed us, it becomes a national security issue."
"Today, the focus of this Committee is the danger that China poses to American agriculture."
"It is a treasure for us to be able to do that each and every day."
"When we talk about food policy, please talk about it from a national security standpoint."
"The farm bill should be designed to help farmers and not environmental extremists."
"There is no reason we should allow them to come into our country and buy our land and especially not close to our military installations."
"The Chinese Communist Party is not our friend, they are not our partner, and they are not our ally. They are our enemy, and they are a rapidly expanding national security threat that can't be ignored."
"Thank you for caring so passionately for all of our people."