Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) introduced a bill to address domestic food security issues and the global food supply chain.
Stefanik’s bill, joined by Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), “would prevent adversaries’ acquisition of American companies amid a global supply chain food shortage,” Fox News reported on June 30.
Stefanik also wrote on Twitter June 30, “Food security is national security.”
She said, “I am proud to work to prevent our foreign adversaries from taking any ownership or control over the U.S. agriculture industry.”
Critical Threat to National Security
Stefanik said, “Adversarial nations, like China, continue to threaten our homeland, using tactics like buying American agriculture companies and stealing agriculture research to undermine our economy,” Fox News reported….