Though it may be alarming to think about, our nation’s adversaries work every day to upend the American way of life.
With that in mind, this year I supported a new law to help protect Indiana residents from the increasing threat of hostile foreign countries like Iran, China and Russia.
Senate Enrolled Act 256 builds on recent legislation I sponsored that prevented individuals and businesses from adversarial countries from purchasing farmland in Indiana and required our state to divest from China.
SEA 256 will:
- Expand Indiana’s existing ban on businesses from foreign adversary nations owning farmland so these businesses can’t purchase any real property in Indiana;
- Require agents and political organizations from foreign adversaries to register with the Indiana Attorney General‘s office;
- Keep agents from foreign adversaries out of college programs important to our national security;
- Ban state funding for affiliates of foreign terror organizations; and
- Prohibit state and local governments from entering into sensitive technology contracts with businesses from foreign adversaries.
This session, I also supported a new law that prohibits the Indiana Economic Development Corporation from awarding tax credits to businesses controlled by a person from, headquartered in or organized in a foreign adversary nation.
Ensuring we live in a safe and secure state is fundamental to our state’s success, and I will keep fighting to make sure we put Indiana residents first.
