China has been buying up agricultural lands in the United States for years, a trend that a U.S. lawmaker said must end in order to safeguard the American food supply chain. For this reason, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment to the House’s fiscal 2022 agriculture appropriations bill (H.R.4356) in June. In a recent interview with NTD, the lawmaker explained what his amendment would do. “China, frankly, is an adversary. We want to make sure that we control our food supply. I think it’s a natural, important, national security issue,” Newhouse said. The amendment was adopted unanimously by the House Appropriations Committee on June 30. On July 29, the House passed the agriculture appropriations bill as part of a package of seven 2022 spending bills (H.R.4502). If enacted, the amendment would empower the secretary of agriculture to prohibit the purchase of agricultural lands in the United States by companies …