I'm happy to report that we've banned them--and strengthened reporting requirements to identify and stop illegal purchases in the future.
Kristi Noem
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration; formerly Governor of South Dakota (2019–2025).
They are not an economic competitor anymore. They are an adversary, and we have to acknowledge that.
The farm bill should be designed to help farmers, not environmental extremists.
I think that that is a proposal that people are still looking at and having conversations about...
Congress passed a bill that does that at the Federal level as well--thank you for following South Dakota's example.
The Chinese Communist Party is not our friend. It is not our partner. It is not our ally. The CCP is our enemy--a rapidly expanding national security threat that cannot be ignored.
When we talk about food policy, please talk about it from a national security standpoint.
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.
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.
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.
The farm bill should be designed to help farmers and not environmental extremists.
I am looking forward to getting a farm bill done because that is the safety net for our farmers out there.
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.
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.
Today, the focus of this Committee is the danger that China poses to American agriculture.
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