Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez Delemer has warned the Biden administration about the multimillion-dollar purchase of Oregon land by members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a letter shared exclusively with the Daily Caller News Foundation. requested to investigate.

President Chávez Delemer sent a letter to the Treasury Department on Wednesday expressing “deep concern” that the second largest foreign farmland owner in the United States is a “Chinese billionaire and member of the Chinese Communist Party.” Chinese Communist Party member Chen Tianqiao purchased approximately 200,000 acres of forested land in Oregon for $85 million in 2015, Chavez-Deremer's letter says, citing a recent DCNF investigation. . (Related: Monopoly: Second largest foreign owner of US land is Chinese Communist Party)

“This appears to be yet another example of an unnoticed acquisition of American farmland by a foreign adversary,” Chavez Delemer's letter said. “This is a systemic problem that transcends Republican and Democratic administrations.”

In response to DCNF's Jan. 11, 2024 report on Chen's ties to the Chinese Communist Party, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said: sent A letter dated January 12 to the Treasury Department and the Department of Agriculture said that Chen “failed to report transactions to relevant agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture (USDA), as required by the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA). ” he claims.

⚡️Breaking news⚡️@SenatorTester ask @USTreasury & @USDA To reconsider Chen Tianqiao's US land purchase @DailyCaller Billionaire's ties to the Chinese Communist Party revealed

“Protect the agricultural security of…🇺🇸 and prevent foreign adversaries from accessing land near sensitive military locations.” pic.twitter.com/cf5zYJOh4m

— Philip Lenchycki Cai Yue (@LenczyckiPhilip) January 12, 2024

A spokesperson for Chen's investment firm, Shanda Group, later said: share A 2015 letter with DCNF sent by the Treasury Department to Whitefish Cascade Forest Resources LLC. The billionaire used it as an investment vehicle to purchase land in Oregon. according to Go to Land Report.

The 2015 document states that the Treasury Department found there were “no unresolved national security concerns” regarding Chen's land purchase.

“Mr. Shanda proactively and voluntarily asked CFIUS to consider the possibility of acquiring the land before initiating the process to ensure that there were no concerns. They responded that there were no concerns.” pic.twitter.com/sddzXy5RYh

— Philip Lenchycki Cai Yue (@LenczyckiPhilip) January 16, 2024

“It is our understanding that CFIUS conducted a review of this transaction in 2015 and determined that there were no unresolved national security concerns,” Chavez Delemer's letter said. “As you know, CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investments in the United States and certain real estate transactions by foreign persons and whether such transactions involve the national security of the United States. Determine the impact on

Given that Mr. Chen is a member of the Chinese Communist Party, the lawmaker's letter raises some questions regarding the government's review of Mr. Chen's acquisition and whether a “new formal review process” will be initiated. There is.

Chavez Delemer's letter also calls for reform of CFIUS “and other federal safeguards and provisions.”

“We are committed to reforming CFIUS, the Agriculture Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, which has not been comprehensively revised since 1978, and other federal safeguards and provisions that help incorporate the entire agricultural sector into the national security perspective and apparatus. “We must continue the dialogue towards the future,” her letter reads.

On January 14, 2024, Rep. Mike Gallagher, Republican of Wisconsin, who chairs the House Select Committee on China, told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo that a “There are partisan bills,” he said.

“When it comes to land purchases…I have a bipartisan bill that will fix this.

We cannot afford to waste next year on enacting important issues, such as preventing the Chinese Communist Party from purchasing land near military bases. ” – chairman @RepGallager this weekend's @MariaBartiromo pic.twitter.com/hppih7a80g

— Special Committee of the Communist Party of China (@committeeonccp) January 16, 2024

“America does not allow foreign competitors to subvert our sovereignty, increase our dependence on foreign agricultural resources, or impoverish our rural communities by purchasing our finite arable acres.” We will never allow this to happen,” Chavez-Delemer’s letter concludes.

The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to DCNF's request for comment.

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