Hawkeye Reporter

WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is taking action to counter the increasing threat of China in our own backyard as the Biden administration continues to double down on its appeasement strategy toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Ernst, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is combating the CCP’s malign threat of buying up U.S. agricultural land near military bases and preventing any influence in U.S. national security.

Ernst on Blinken’s visit to China and Biden’s weakness on the world stage:

Click here to watch the full interview with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner.

“This is appeasement. We have seen this with this administration time and time again. We see an ever-increasingly aggressive China, and yet – what does the United States do about it? Absolutely nothing.”

“We have seen a spy balloon traverse the United States with no response. We see a spy base in Cuba – 90 miles from our shore. We see China purchasing ag land around one of our air base in North Dakota. What does the government do? Absolutely nothing under this weak American leadership.”

“China is our number one pacing threat. This administration needs to wake up to that.”

“It is extremely important that we know who is purchasing our farmland, because as we all know – food security is national security…We really have to get control of this situation before we sell out our own farmers here in the United States of America to our adversaries like China.”

Click here to watch the full interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo.

“We had Secretary Blinken in Beijing bowing down to the Chinese and making us look very weak on the world stage, but we have President Biden behind closed doors talking about President Xi as a dictator…Are we friends with the nation or are we adversaries? It’s hard to tell with this administration.”

“This administration refuses to push the Chinese on their nefarious deeds. In the Armed Services Committee, we will call China our number one pacing threat…they are our adversary.”

“The Chinese are purchasing land around military installations – it’s for nefarious purposes. If they are purchasing farmland across the United States, it could be because food security is national security. If they are controlling those food sources, whether it’s to feed their own population or whether it’s to take away food production here in the United States from our own citizens, we need to make sure we are in control of this situation.”

NBC News: Democrat, Republican team to limit Chinese purchase of U.S. farmland

“A bipartisan pair of senators hope to limit China’s ability to purchase farmland in the U.S. and force the U.S. government to consider stripping some Chinese and foreign landowners of their real estate. In a statement, Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said they ‘are taking action as a response to reports of China threatening America’s food supply and posing an even greater national security risk by acquiring U.S. farmland near military installations.’

“The senators argue that current U.S. law does not provide enough oversight of which foreign entities are buying farmland and where they are purchasing large swaths of real estate.”

Ernst joined Newsmax to discuss her bill as a response to this national security threat:

Original source can be found here.