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Rep. Duarte Exposes the Danger China Poses to American Agriculture During Committee Hearing

Published March 28, 2024 | Video Starts at 03:32

I think it's just incompetence and disinterest in approving farm chemical tools. Another question I just came from a natural resources hearing I stepped out to about offshore oil drilling. We're not exploring oil in America. We're not building our electric grid. We're focusing trillions towards green energy boondoggles. In my opinion. If you were advising an ag chem company to put in a major ag chemical or fertilizer plant or pharmaceutical … (03:32–03:36)

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“We know that the avocado industry and other fresh produce industries are being capitalized by the drug cartels.”
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“We know the drug cartels are enjoying our open border policy, partnering with China for fentanyl and other sources.”
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“Mexico is aligning itself politically, as is a great deal of Central and South America, with China.”
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“The USDA, they're just not approving our advanced farm chemistries.”
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“China is growing its carbon economy, we hear about the coal plants, we know about the oil, we know about the rest of the world drilling oil.”
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“America is choosing not to have a carbon economy.”
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“China's upper middle class is growing, their disposable income is growing. The purchase power parity is already bigger than the American…”
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