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Published September 27, 2022 2:00am EDT


REPUBLICANS SOUND ALARM OVER CHINESE GOVERNMENT-LINKED FARMLAND PURCHASE NEAR
NORTH DAKOTA AIR BASE


THE NORTH DAKOTA ACQUISITION IS NOT THE FIRST LAND GRAB BY CCP-LINKED FIRMS


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REP. MICHAEL MCCAUL SAYS VOTERS CONCERNED WITH CHINA, FENTANYL CRISIS

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, explains the GOP's plan for the midterm elections
after Republicans held a town hall with voters in Pennsylvania.

FIRST ON FOX: Fifty-one Republican lawmakers are sending a letter to three of
President Biden’s Cabinet secretaries warning that national security is
threatened by a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked company's efforts to buy
farmland near an Air Force base in North Dakota.




Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., led the letter with 50 of his colleagues to
Secretaries Lloyd Austin, Janet Yelle, and Tom Vilsack about the land
acquisitions near North Dakota’s Grand Forks Air Force Base by Chinese
manufacturer the Fufeng Group.

The letter, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, will be sent to the three
secretaries and warns of the "alarming development" for U.S. national security
by allowing the Fufeng Group to purchase the land so close to the base. 



"According to the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission,
the Grand Forks Air Force Base has exceptional intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance capabilities, making the recently purchased land the ideal
location to closely monitor and intercept military activity," the lawmakers
wrote.



"The presence of a CCP-affiliated corporation near a military installation
potentially undermines the integrity of our high-capability military bases,
jeopardizing our strategic interests," they warned.



Gimenez and his Republican colleagues warned that the CCP-linked firm "will have
potential advantageous opportunities to perpetrate espionage, including actions
and activities carried out under commercial cover or auspices."

NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FIGHTS TO STOP CHINESE COMPANY FUFENG FROM OPENING CORN
MILL NEAR US AIR FORCE BASE



Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez, R-Fla., led 50 of his GOP colleagues in a letter to
three Biden administration Cabinet secretaries about a Chinese Communist Party
(CCP)-linked firm purchasing farmland near a North Dakota Air Force base. (Getty
Images)

Heritage Action vice president Garrett Bess told Fox News Digital the "threat
from the Chinese Communist Party is the most critical and consequential
international threat that the U.S. faces, and CCP acquisition of land,
particularly near U.S. military installations, is an immediate risk to America’s
national security."

"Eliminating this risk requires an aggressive plan to prevent and punish
malicious land use that threatens U.S. interests," Bess said. "We applaud
Representative Gimenez for asking the Biden administration tough questions and
pushing them to adopt a more aggressive posture against the CCP."



The  (Greg Palkot)

The Republicans also said they "are concerned about the precedent this land
purchase will set and its ability to serve as the model for our adversaries to
encroach on American security, particularly through purchases of farmland in our
congressional districts housing several military installations," such as
Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB) in Gimenez’s Sunshine State district.




"At a time when the United States is engaged in great power competition with
China, we must utilize every tool at our disposal to protect and defend the
integrity of our military and national security, maintain military dominance,
and maximize our global military readiness," the letter reads.

The lawmakers also warned that acquisitions "of this magnitude" also "pose a
threat" to America’s "food security," not just national security.

"According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), at the
beginning of 2021 foreign investors held a stake in approximately 37.6 million
acres of U.S. agricultural land," they wrote. "This trend is expected to
increase over the next few years, raising concerns about the negative potential
implications it will have on domestic food production and national food
security." 




"This, coupled with USDA's absence from permanent membership on the Committee on
Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), is concerning, as the
Department should have some jurisdiction over the review of agricultural land
acquisitions that raise national security concerns."

Gimenez and his colleagues called on the department heads to "take effective
action in addressing the potential national security risks that appear to arise"
from the acquisition.

The billionaire owner of the Chinese company behind a recent attempted land
acquisition in Texas near the Laughlin Air Force Base served in the Chinese
military and has deep ties to the CCP. (Associated Press)

They also sent several questions to the department heads, including on what
"actions are being taken by the DoD in cooperation with the U.S. military
services and military base commands to understand and assess potential risks
with foreign investments in close proximity to U.S. military bases and other
facilities."



Gimenez is joined on the letter by a multitude of Republican lawmakers,
including Reps. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa,
Scott Franklin of Florida and Lisa McClain of Michigan.




The CCP-linked farmland acquisition is far from the first land buy by the
Chinese government and the purchases have been heavily scrutinized for the
national security risks presented as they have been approved under both the
Biden and Trump administrations.

A wind energy farm project near Del Rio, Texas, was reportedly nixed by the
Texas government after it was revealed the 130,000 acre — around the size of
Tulsa, Oklahoma — was only miles away from the Laughlin Air Force Base where
pilots are trained.



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It was also revealed the Chinese billionaire who owns the company behind, GH
America Energy, formerly served in the Chinese military and has deep ties to the
CCP.



The purchases have raised red flags in Washington, with Texas Republican Rep.
Tony Gonzales, who represents Del Rio, introducing a bill to curb foreign
adversaries purchasing land anywhere near U.S. military installations.



The Fufeng Group paid $2.3 million to purchase the 300 acres of land just 12
miles away from the Grand Forks Air Force Base. The company plans to invest $700
million to open the mill.

A spokesperson for the Pentagon told Fox News Digital Austin will be responding
to the authors of the letter, as usual with his correspondence. The USDA and
Treasury Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests
for comment.



Houston Keene is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.  Story tips can be sent
to Houston.Keene@Fox.com and on Twitter: @HoustonKeene 



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