Kristi Noem Warns Of China Threat To U.S. At House Agriculture Committee Hearing

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[scottscott]

We must stop selling Chinese our land people have to wise up This cannot happen everyone will cry when it's too late stop selling them our country.

[theresamoore]

Does anyone question whether farmers should even use fertilizer that comes from a country who wants to harm our food supply? I think that is an unexplored threat to our food supply.

[fiftyshadesofpam]

Need to stop selling our farmland & business to other countries!!

[JA]

The American farmers are losing their farmland because of policies that don't work to protect their lands. That is a fact

[charlesrowan]

Kristi Noem is pretty intelligent. South Dakota has smart voters.

[vitovia]

NO SELLING, CONFISCATING, OR GIVING AWAY ANY U.S. farmland, lands, property, businesses, companies, corporations, technology, or anything else! Whatever has been MUST BE BOUGHT AND TAKEN BACK MANDATORILY AND IMMEDIATELY! MY GOD, WHAT ARE PEOPLE THINKING?!

[benjaminkiser]

The department of agricultural has done a lot to hurt the American farmers during the Biden administration it's time to get them off of the farmers back

[catangelcarpenter]

This should not even be a debate. Wow. Protect our land and our people...easy...where is the loyalty to our country???

[butchhaight]

Kristi has more intelligence and real world common sense than 99.9% of the “so said” politicians in DC.
This world would be a much better place with more like her in it. SD is fortunate to have her as their governor!

[KeywordManagement]

We are so stupid. We should have been on this issue 3-4 years ago. We are always late to the party.

[KeywordManagement]

We need to revoke all Chinese land purchases.

[darkmaitri]

This experience I had is insignificant compared to the issues these witnesses are speaking on. But about four years ago I had a real estate representative with two Chinese ladies show up on our property, I "ours" but we didn't own it. My partner had been renting the big old house and lands for almost twenty years. The owner was an older man living in Florida who greatly appreciated the monthly rent check and not having to do upkeep. We did it all. Anyhow, it was a couple acres in a prime rural area a little north of Seattle. So around 10 in the morning I begin hearing voices that sounded near by. So I go out to investigate and this real estate guy is standing about thirty feet away from our front door. He was showing our home to these Chinese women. I approached and asked if he had the owner's permission. He tried to laughingly blow it off that he didn't. He said he was just doing a preliminary showing to these ladies. I was so angry! What gall! But I politely told him that they needed to go and that China was already buying up too much of our land. I did not trust them. Two women could be acquiring properties for the CCP. I do not trust China at all.

[Flyingrabbit]

Putting land sales under the CIA rather than the state is a VERY bad idea given their political leanings. Good point Gov. Noem..keep them out.

[T_-]

If shoe was on other foot and American farmers or our Government tried to buy 40M acres of Chinese farmland near their military bases, you would have serious problems. US real estate agents & brokers simply want to make a sale with anyone with dollars to purchase. That must stop.

[glenndice]

Sara Huckabe has taken the right step to lead America in this effort.

[benjaminkiser]

Government has driven the costs up so much that it is very hard for farmers to survive

[josereyes]

I wish she was Oregon's governor... Keep fighting Governor Noem. May God bless your path.

[louislyons]

lets make it easy for big or small farmers to grow food and eliminate the death tax.

[catangelcarpenter]

I agree with the one who says this is a national threat to our country. 100%>

[zktuvxg]

Check out, make laws against Foreign Purchase of R/ E of anything