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Brooke Rollins: “In 1983, China owned about 2,000 acres in America. Today…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Moolenaar Questions Secretary Rollins in Appropriations Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:33

… there is a more perilous threat in front of us than the international purchasing foreign adversaries and otherwise, but certainly foreign adversaries of our farmland and of our agricultural companies. In 1983, China owned about 2,000 acres in America. Today, they own 300,000 acres of what was good American farmland. a lot of it around military bases, et cetera. We have been working with all of you. I think we got it really close. (02:33–02:42)

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Asserts that China's ownership of American farmland has increased from 2,000 acres in 1983 to 300,000 acres today.

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