{"id":9119,"date":"2023-01-31T11:42:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9119"},"modified":"2023-01-31T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:42:40","slug":"issa-introduces-soil-act-to-ban-land-purchases-by-americas-adversaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9119","title":{"rendered":"Issa Introduces SOIL Act to Ban Land Purchases by America\u2019s Adversaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Darrell Issa introduced the\u00a0<em>Saving Our Invaluable Land (SOIL) Act<\/em>, which would prohibit China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from purchasing land within 10 miles of sensitive U.S. agencies and strategic sites including military bases and federally-funded research labs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country has a compelling interest in preventing our foremost adversaries from gaining access to property near the most sensitive and strategic sites in the American homeland,\u201d said Rep. Issa. \u201cThis problem did not emerge overnight, but it has grown worse every year, and the Biden Administration has been missing in action. It\u2019s time for Congress to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Issa also pointed out that China now owns and controls 192,000 acres of farmland in the United States \u2013 amounting to $80 million more in Chinese investment than 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risks to national security are manifestly obvious, and we must move swiftly as a Congress and as a nation to guard against the spying and surveillance that is enabled when we allow our adversaries to gain control of our land.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Congressman Darrell Issa introduced the\u00a0Saving Our Invaluable Land (SOIL) Act, which would prohibit China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from purchasing land within 10 miles of sensitive U.S. agencies and strategic sites including military bases and federally-funded research labs. \u201cOur country has a compelling interest in preventing our foremost adversaries from gaining&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - 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