[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 142 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      AMERICA IS NOT UP FOR GRABS

  (Mr. MANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANN. Madam Speaker, as a Member of Congress from one of the 
largest agricultural producing districts in the country, I am concerned 
with Communist China's impact on American agriculture.
  Over the past decade, China's investment in American assets like 
farmland and intellectual property have grown tenfold. Kansans are 
rightly concerned about China's questionable ambitions, so I supported 
legislation that requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report on 
foreign transactions. No other nation allows its adversaries to go 
unchecked in purchasing its property, and America shouldn't either.
  Since 2000, the U.S. has more than doubled the total imports of used 
cooking oil from China. That is equal to displacing more than 5 years 
of soybean harvest from my home State of Kansas. Kansans are concerned 
about China taking America's place in the market, so I led 40 of my 
colleagues in demanding that the U.S. Treasury reserve the 45Z clean 
fuel production tax credit for domestic fuel made from domestic 
feedstocks. American tax credits must be used to benefit American 
producers. That should be a no-brainer.

  We cannot continue to turn a blind eye to adversarial behavior and 
put our national security at risk. We must let China know in no 
uncertain terms that America is not up for grabs.

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