We continue critical investments in agricultural research, in promotional efforts, loan programs for rural communities, and assistance for specialty crop producers. This legislation also ensures that the secretary of agriculture remains a member of the committee on foreign investment in the United States to prevent the communist Chinese party, the Chinese communist party from purchasing our farmland. which. Which is a matter of national security. As we find ourselves nearly $40 trillion in debt, we must rein in spending, we must get our fiscal house in order, and we must ensure taxpayer dollars are spent as efficiently as possible. (01:00–01:18)
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Asserts that the legislation ensures the Secretary of Agriculture remains on the committee to prevent Chinese farmland purchases.
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