Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) and ranking Republican John Boozman (Ark) said yesterday they will work together to craft legislation to more closely scrutinize foreign investment by China and other countries in US agriculture.
There is clearly bipartisan consensus in both the Senate and House on the need to take a closer look at whether foreign purchases of US farmland and agricultural companies pose a national security risk, the two senators agreed at a committee hearing September 27.
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