The U.S. House Appropriations Committee last Wednesday provided language barring China from buying more U.S. farmland and made current land in possession ineligible for farm subsidies.
On a voice vote, the provision was added to a $197 billion USDA-FDA funding bill headed for a vote on the House floor.
According to Rep. Dan Newhouse (R) from Washington state who proposed the...
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