https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/02/21/special-interest-groups-block-gov-kristi-noems-move-to-stop-china-buying-south-dakota-farmland/
Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s efforts to block China from buying up farmland in her state were thwarted this week when a supermajority of state Senators rejected her proposal.
As Breitbart News previously reported, Noem had proposed a bill that would “create a state-level version of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)” in order to curtail foreign Chinese entities from buying agricultural land in her state:
Currently, CFIUS is a federal board that approves or disapproves of foreign entities engaging in major U.S. transactions. Noem’s proposal would establish a CFIUS-South Dakota, or CFIUS-SD, which would review proposed transactions in the state where foreign entities including but not limited to Chinese entities seek to purchase land. The board, if established — which would require the legislature to pass Noem’s proposal — could block such land sales as it sees fit.
Essentially, Senate Bill 185 would have granted the South Dakota governor the power to unilaterally veto any purchase reviewed by the panel. The state senate rejected the bill on Tuesday with an 11-23 vote.
From reading your other comments here it appears that you think Noem is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, so to speak. I think it’s probably best to delve into the issue to understand it better before setting up the gallows for the senators who denied this bill being enacted.
Years ago I lived in a place where voting issues used to be addressed fairly well. Both sides would put forth their arguments and then both sides would put forth their subsequent refutations of the opposing side’s argument. Example- one side was arguing that the library needed money for updates, replete with all the flowery words of ‘noble’ intentions. It sounded really good, frankly - until you read the refutation. In fact, the library had been using the same scam for years, got loads of taxpayer money handed to them time and again. They gave themselves raises, didn’t bother with updates they said they needed more money for and cried poor and needy the next time their funding could be brought up during a taxpayer vote. Needless to say, they were denied after this was exposed.
In this case, it doesn’t sound like handing that kind of power to the Governor is the best idea.
Edit: This may be a good time to delve into the CFIUS - who set it up?, how has it been working?, has it protected Americans or harmed them?, who is currently in charge there?, etc.
Good call. Gotta stop kneejerk reactions to headlines and kneejerk reactions to kneejerk reactions of headlines. Look deeper. Think more. React less.