On top of that, half of these meatpacking giants, including the largest meat packer in the world, are either foreign owned or have significant foreign ownership and control, making them a threat not just to our cattle producers, … The importance of being able to feed ourselves in this country and not to rely on other countries is absolute. … market and has a documented history of international corruption and illicit activity. The brutal reality is that such foreign ownership of meatpackers has been affiliated not just with corruption, but also cartels and as recent as last week, slave labor. (10:06–10:14)
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Asserts the importance of self-sufficiency in food production for national security.
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