Glenn Thompson: “Agricultural land is [a] strategic asset tied directly to…”

“Agriculture. By the way, we correct that in this bill, in this piece of legislation. Farm Food and Security act and the gentleman's amendment really complements that. Agricultural land is [a] strategic asset tied directly to food supply. And restricting foreign ownership help ensures that adversarial nations or entities, whoever those adversaries may be in the future, cannot gain control over land near sensitive site or quite frankly cannot control our food supply.” (09:24–09:29)

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