Republican Governors Push for Federal Response to CCP Land Acquisition

Letter to Biden administration and Congressional leaders, comes after 11 states have enacted foreign ownership laws in 2023.

A sign advertises the sale of more than 1,200 acres of land in the farm country of the western Central Valley west of Firebaugh, Calif. on April 18, 2009. David McNew/Getty Images

A group of 17 GOP governors has written to the Biden administration and Congressional leaders, urging them to take action to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from buying U.S. land.

In a letter dated Dec. 4, led by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican governors called on President Joe Biden, Secretary Janet Yellen, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to address the CCP threat.