Sen. Hawley: Chinese Ownership of Farmland or Any Land Is Basic Sovereignty Issue

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HAWLEY: “We need a law that that out and out bans Chinese ownership of farmland in the United States. I think we ought to again make it even broader. I think it ought to be all real estate single-family homes. Why should Chinese corporations be able to buy up our land, buy up our homes? And it's time that the Senate acted on this. I mean we need to codify this into law and then we need the Justice Department to go out there and enforce it strictly, enforce it with the full, everything they've got, you know put everything behind it. That's what we need right now because this is a huge threat, and it's not just a huge threat for farmers, it's a huge threat for every single American. The national security interests here are just off the charts. And it's a basic sovereignty issue. You know, are we going to be a sovereign nation? If you can't own your own land, you're not a sovereign nation. If your own people can't buy land in their own country, you are not a sovereign nation. That's what we're up against right now.”