Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who serves as chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), stressed his commitment to tackle the issue of CCP land purchases in the U.S. on Fox Business Sunday following the Daily Caller News Foundation’s report on them.
Chen Tianqiao, the founder, chairman and CEO of global investment firm Shanda Group, owns approximately 200,000 acres of land in Oregon and is the second-largest foreign landowner in the U.S. as well as a CCP member, the DCNF reported on Thursday. “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartriromo brought up the DCNF report and Gallagher committed to solving the issue immediately.
“Now we understand that the second largest owner of land — foreign owner of land — is a CCP member. The head of the Shanda group owns 200,000 acres in Oregon,” Bartiromo stated.