{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lucas.house.gov/posts/lucas-highlights-need-to-add-ag-secretary-to-cfius", "Lucas Highlights Need to Add Ag Secretary to CFIUS", "2026-01-14", "2026", "2026-01", "Republican", "House", "OK", "Frank D. Lucas", "L000491", "lucas.house.gov", "lucas", "https://lucas.house.gov/press", "scraper", "Washington, DC \u2013 Today, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled, \u201cEvaluating the Operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)\u201d. Chris Pilkerton, the recently sworn in Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the Department of Treasury, was the invited witness.\n\nCongressman Frank D. Lucas spoke in support of his bill to add the Secretary of Agriculture as a permanent member to CFIUS in order to better protect America\u2019s agricultural security.\n\nSELECTED REMARKS:\n\nLucas: \u201cThe issue of ownership of key agriculture equities like land and infrastructure by foreign adversaries has continued to raise alarm bells across the country.\n\nThat\u2019s why I introduced the bipartisan Agricultural Risk Review Act \u2013 to add the Secretary of Agriculture as a permanent member to CFIUS for any transaction relating to the Ag industry and to require CFIUS to initiate reviews of threats notified by USDA.\n\nMr. Pilkerton \u2013 can you provide Treasury\u2019s perspective? How does CFIUS benefit from the Secretary of Agriculture\u2019s input? Would it be helpful for the Secretary [of Agriculture] to be a permanent member for transactions related to Ag?\u201d\n\nMr. Pilkerton: \u201cSecretary Rollins often says food security is national security, and I certainly agree with that.\u201d\n\n-Chris Pilkerton, Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nThe Agricultural Risk Review Act adds the Secretary of Agriculture as a permanent member on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the interagency committee charged with reviewing the national security implications of foreign investments in the economy.\n\nThe bill also requires CFIUS to consider referrals from USDA for reportable agricultural land transactions.\n\nThe Agricultural Risk Review Act passed the House in June of last year.", 1, "2026-03-31T05:33:41Z", "2026-03-31T05:34:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lucas.house.gov/posts/lucas-highlights-need-to-add-ag-secretary-to-cfius"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.571074826642871, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}