sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing intellectual property from his employer which was a monsantos subsidiary. here you have an example of someone stealing american technology and bringing directly back to the chinese communist party which reflects the ccp's approach for agriculture and food security in it's not just about economic economic competition so quote general xi jinping himself, it is a national security issue of extreme importance. prc is the largest importer of corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and dairy products in the world. the ccp views food security as an existential issue. she understands that if china were to avoid taiwan it would be subject to blockade and economic sanctions and, therefore, prc would face massive challenges in feeding its population. so to put it bluntly, the chinese communist party actively engaged in economic warfare against the united states and already a prime target. the governor mentioned the share of u.s. farmland owned by chinese u.s. link firms increasing five fold between 2010 and 2021. these are only the a divisions -- acquisitions that we