Bipartisan group of senators push to ban China from buying US farmland
that the U.S. shot down last month after crossing from Alaska to South Carolina. The surveillance aircraft's days-long flight across the country re-energized concerns among experts and lawmakers over China's ongoing efforts to buy land across the U.S., with some voices observing a pattern of suspected espionage activities near American military sites.
Both Rubio and Tuberville expressed similar concerns in statements, saying adversaries are currently exploiting the openness of the U.S. system andis important to protect America's agricultural industry as well as its food and national security. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2022.The Air Force recently denied Fufeng Group its building permits for a wet corn milling plant on the land, calling the project a"significant threat to national security."
Texas has the largest amount of foreign-owned acreage of any state, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nationally, Department of Agriculture data shows that Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland increased from $81 million in 2010 to $1.8 billion in 2020.for tougher action, especially in the wake of the spy balloon incident.
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