Republican lawmaker pushes legislation to stop China building 'agricultural monopoly' in US

Rep. Dan Newhouse said he has legislation to help prevent China from gaining a foothold in America's domestic food production.

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I've had the opportunity to take some trips to other parts of the world. And I've seen firsthand that some of the things that China is doing in other countries in Central America and South America, I've heard of things are doing in Europe and in Africa. We don't want them to get a foothold in our country. And I think, you know, 10, 20 years from now, if we don't act, people are going to look back and say, Well, why didn't you guys do something? The time to act is now and be preemptive so that we can prevent China from gaining a foothold in our important domestic food production. And that's what my legislation will do.