Stadthagen explained that if his bill passes, “They can’t purchase property in Alabama.”
Rep. Jamie Kiel said, “Your bill protects the state from the communist Chinese.”
“My district was also impacted by the great sucking sound of jobs leaving the country that Ross Perot talked about, and that was under President [Bill] Clinton in 1994 with NAFTA,” Kiel said. “President [Barack] Obama said that the relationship between the U.S. and China was the most important bilateral relationship in the world.”
“Whoever started it, it is time to stop it, and I appreciate the bill,” Kiel said.
Rep. Tracy Estes said, “For those who may think that the Chinese are not the greatest threat to this country, don’t be fooled.”