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Slotkin joins Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Cut Off U.S. Investment to China in Certain Industries

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), John Cornyn (R-TX), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jim Banks (R-IN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), along with Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced the Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act. The legislation would safeguard the United States’ national security against the growing threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by prohibiting and requiring notification of U.S. investment in certain technologies in China.

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Slotkin, Ernst Protect American Farms and Agricultural Production from Foreign Adversaries

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined members of the Senate Agriculture and Armed Services Committees, in leading the bipartisan overhaul of the current flawed oversight system that has allowed China’s malign influence to threaten American food security and national security by buying up agricultural land in the United States. U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4) and Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8) are leading the legislation in the House.  Foreign land ownership of U.S. land has increased by 85% since 2010, and although Iowa has laws on the books to guard against foreign investment, the federal level lacks updated measures

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Slotkin Statement on Opposition to Republican Government Funding Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin released the following statement regarding her opposition to the Republican proposed legislation to fund the government.   “I will be voting no on the Continuing Resolution tomorrow. First, because this bill is bad for Michigan. It makes significant cuts to Michigan’s key infrastructure projects, cuts the VA and harms our Great Lakes.   “But on top of that, my Republican colleagues offered no assurances that the money wouldn’t just be redirected at the whim of Elon Musk. They offered no assurances that the Trump Administration would follow the law.  “In my time in Congress, I have always worked to negotiate

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