{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-cosponsor-legislation-to-protect-domestic-agriculture-supply-chains-from-foreign-threats/", "Barrasso, Lummis Cosponsor Legislation to Protect Domestic Agriculture Supply Chains from Foreign Threats", "2024-09-26", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) in introducing the bipartisan Securing American Agriculture Act. This legislation would protect Wyoming food and agriculture supply chains from being taken over by foreign adversaries.\n\n\u201cProtecting America\u2019s agricultural and food supply chains from Chinese Communist Party threats is a top priority,\u201d said Barrasso. \u201cChina\u2019s alarming influence on the global agricultural supply chain puts our national security at risk. This legislation will strengthen our agricultural and food security and enable us to act on potential threats against America\u2019s supply chain.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) extends far beyond our borders. From the content we consume on our devices to threats in the Pacific to the slave labor being used to manufacture clothing, the CCP has had an incredibly damaging influence on the United States. We cannot allow our foreign adversaries like China to control us. This commonsense, bipartisan legislation is a crucial step toward safeguarding America\u2019s future,\u201d said Lummis.\n\nChina controls more than 90% of global production of many essential vitamins used in agricultural production, particularly in animal feed. A disruption in the supply of these key inputs could severely damage U.S. supply chains, affecting productivity and food prices.\n\nThe Securing American Agriculture Act would:\n\nRequire the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce, to conduct an annual threat assessment of critical food and agricultural supply chains.\n\nRequire the Secretary of Agriculture to provide recommendations to mitigate potential threats from the PRC and for legislative and regulatory actions to reduce barriers to domestic critical input production.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"]], "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://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-lummis-cosponsor-legislation-to-protect-domestic-agriculture-supply-chains-from-foreign-threats/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.186366192996502, "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"}