What are they trying to do here? Well, as Secretary Rollins said, you know, food security is national security and China is buying up land. You know, the Estimates of 250 or 300,000 acres [of U.S. farmland owned by China] I believe is low. We do need a process that doesn't preempt state laws. A lot of state legislators have done good work in preventing Chinese purchases of farmland. (04:32)
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Suggests that the actual amount of U.S. farmland owned by China may be underestimated.
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