Comer, Thompson Statement on GAO Report on Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland

January 18, 2024

WASHINGTON—Following the publication of a requested report on foreign ownership and investment in U.S. farmland by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) issued the following statement:

“Growing foreign ownership of U.S. farmland, particularly by China, poses a direct threat to our food security and national security. Safeguarding our farmland and food supply requires a whole of government approach and we will continue to work with the impacted agencies, related committees, and leadership to continue our robust oversight and to identify legislative vehicles to address the findings of the GAO report.”

Background: In October 2022, Chairmen Comer and Thompson requested a study regarding foreign investment in U.S. farmland and its impact on national security, trade, and food security.

Read the full report here.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106337

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-thompson-statement-on-gao-report-on-foreign-ownership-of-u-s-farmland/

New Data Reveal Worsening Magnitude of the Biden Border Crisis and Lack of Interior Immigration Enforcement

Interim Staff Report of the Committee on the Judiciary and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

U.S. House of Representatives

January 18, 2024

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-01-18-new-data-reveal-worsening-magnitude-of-the-biden-border-crisis-and-lack-of-interior-immigration-enforcement.pdf

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Cut Electric Vehicle Costs for Americans and Continue Building Out a Convenient, Reliable, Made-in-America EV Charging Network

JANUARY 19, 2024

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/19/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-cut-electric-vehicle-costs-for-americans-and-continue-building-out-a-convenient-reliable-made-in-america-ev-charging-network/

Major Private Sector EV Charging Commitments

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Private-Sector-EV-Charging-Announcements.pdf

Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $5 Billion in Additional Student Debt Cancellation for 74,000 Borrowers

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today, my Administration approved debt cancellation for another 74,000 student loan borrowers across the country, bringing the total number of people who have gotten their debt cancelled under my Administration to over 3.7 million Americans through various actions.

Of the 74,000 borrowers approved for relief today, nearly 44,000 of them are teachers, nurses, firefighters and other individuals who earned forgiveness after 10 years of public service, and close to 30,000 of them are people who have been in repayment for at least 20 years but never got the relief they earned through income-driven repayment plans. My Administration is able to deliver relief to these borrowers – and millions more – because of fixes we made to broken student loan programs that were preventing borrowers from getting relief they were entitled to under the law.

Today’s announcement comes on top of all we’ve been able to achieve for students and student loan borrowers in the past few years. This includes: achieving the largest increases in Pell Grants in over a decade to help families who earn less than roughly $60,000 a year; fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program so that borrowers who go into public service get the debt relief they’re entitled to under the law; and creating the most generous Income-Driven Repayment plan in history – the SAVE plan. Borrowers can go to studentaid.gov to apply. And, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on our student debt relief plan, we are continuing to pursue an alternative path to deliver student debt relief to as many borrowers as possible as quickly as possible.

From Day One of my Administration, I vowed to improve the student loan system so that a higher education provides Americans with opportunity and prosperity – not unmanageable burdens of student loan debt. I won’t back down from using every tool at our disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need to reach their dreams.

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/19/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-nearly-5-billion-in-additional-student-debt-cancellation-for-74000-borrowers/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm6VC5gdaFA

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The President welcomes bipartisan mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting to the White House by 8:00 am et]

East Room

https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN11l5JJEMg

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President Biden Welcomes Mayors to the White House

President Biden welcomes bipartisan mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting to the White House.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?533062-1/president-biden-welcomes-mayors-white-house

January 19, 2024

4:45 PM EST

Campaign 2024: Ron DeSantis Campaigns in Nashua, NH

2024 Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL) speaks with voters in Nashua, New Hampshire, just four days before the Granite State’s first-in-the-nation primary contest.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?533057-1/ron-desantis-campaigns-nashua-nh

Daily Mail Online

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Baby found dumped in shopping bag on London street on 'extremely cold' minus 4C night was just one hour old, police reveal as hospital staff name her Elsa https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12984041/Baby-dumped-shopping-bag-London-street-extremely-cold-minus-4C-night-just-one-hour-old-police-reveal-hospital-staff-Elsa.html

11:18 AM · Jan 19, 2024

https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1748379309889196077