{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-bill-protecting-american-farmland-foreign-adversaries-passes", "Newhouse Bill Protecting American Farmland from Foreign Adversaries Passes House", "2024-09-11", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Dan Newhouse", "N000189", "newhouse.house.gov", "newhouse", "https://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed his bill, the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act.\n\n\u201cToday, the United States took a stand against one of our greatest foreign adversaries, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),\u201d said Rep. Newhouse.\n\nNewhouse continues, \u201cThe CCP has been quietly purchasing American agricultural land at an alarming rate, and this bill is a crucial step towards reversing that trend. We know that USDA\u2019s foreign purchase tracking is wildly flawed, and by adding the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS, we can begin to correct course. Food security is national security, and it is incumbent upon us to keep our adversaries far away from the lands that feeds our country, and the world.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m thankful for Rep. Newhouse\u2019s leadership in protecting our agriculture from China and its proxies,\u201d said House Speaker Mike Johnson.\n\nSpeaker Johnson continues, \u201cAgriculture is the backbone of America, and we should take every possible measure necessary to protect it.\u201d\n\nWatch Rep. Newhouse\u2019s floor speech on the legislation here.\n\nThe bill adds the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS for transactions, including land, biotechnology, transportation, storage, and processing. It also requires the Secretary to report any transaction that can be considered a threat to national security.\n\nRep. Newhouse is a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, tasked with finding bipartisan solutions to the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and develop a plan of action to defend the American people, our economy, and our values.\n\nThe Senate companion bill, S. 5007, was introduced by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) on September 10, 2024, and co-sponsors include: Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), John Barrasso (R-WY), Jon Tester (D-MT), John Fetterman (D-PA), Joe Manchin (I-WV), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Katie Britt (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Todd Young (R-IN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Joni Ernst (R-IA).\n\nFull House bill text can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-bill-protecting-american-farmland-foreign-adversaries-passes"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3819350861012936, "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"}