[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
STOP INSTALLING CHINESE SOLAR PANELS ON AMERICAN FARMLAND
(Mrs. MILLER of Illinois asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, as a family farmer, I am very
concerned with America's prime farmland being covered with taxpayer-
subsidized solar panel installations.
Food security is national security, and if we cover our farm ground
with Chinese solar panels, we will become dependent on foreign
adversaries for food.
According to the EPA, solar panels contain hazardous waste that can
be harmful to human health. That is why we should be alarmed by the
increasing number of solar panels being installed on our most fertile
farmland, especially when the Federal Government is handing out tax
credits for it.
Today, I reintroduced the No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act to
stop Federal Government tax incentives for installing Chinese solar
panels on American farmland.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to cosponsor this
important legislation and put an end to the left's green bad deal that
puts fake environmental goals over food security.
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