[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 139 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ADDRESSING RECKLESS SPENDING

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, as Congress returns to 
Washington to address the Biden-Harris administration's reckless 
spending, the American people are continuing to face consequences of 
runaway inflation.
  According to a recent Census Bureau survey, more than 35 percent of 
Pennsylvanians struggle to afford basic goods, gasoline, and groceries.
  With prices rising by more than 20 percent since President Biden and 
Vice President Harris took office, it is the American people who have 
been left to pay the bill for the administration's failed spending 
policies.
  Instead of working to lower prices and supporting American families, 
Vice President Harris championed reckless policies, including subsidies 
for purchasing electric vehicles and a student loan bailout paid for by 
hardworking American citizens.
  America cannot afford another 4 years of far-left spending. It is 
time to put a stop to reckless spending that has brought on this 
inflation and once again return to the fiscal restraint and the strong 
economic policies put in place by President Donald J. Trump.


                   Food Security is National Security

  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, from the dairy farms, 
cornfields, and orchards of Pennsylvania to the cattle ranches of the 
Midwest, American farmers produce the meat, the dairy, and the 
vegetables that feed American families.
  However, that food supply has been put in danger as the Chinese 
Communist Party affiliates have begun to purchase our farmland, 
creating a dangerous American security risk.
  By adding the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS, we can create the 
oversight that is needed to prevent our farmland from being purchased 
by the Chinese Communist Party.
  It is time to pass the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign 
Adversaries Act to ensure that the CCP is not continuing to make 
purchases in the production, development, transportation, or storage of 
our food supply.
  Food security is national security. Shielding these assets from 
outside interference will help to ensure that American interests are 
the top priority for the farming industry.
  Let's make sure that our fields are cared for by American farmers and 
American growers and that our food security is preserved.

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