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Two proposals would prevent China from owning US Farmland and implement a federal takeover of Washington D.C., FRC’s God & Government Course, and highlights from P.M. Netanyahu’s White House visit.
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1:35 and agency reorganizations. This is part of Trump's plan to cut waste by eliminating quote non critical roles within the government. If fully executed, some
1:47 argued this could affect tens of thousands of jobs. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the only dissenter, wrote that this plan is a wrecking ball fraught with significant
2:00 risks. But supporters argue it's a win for efficiency and taxpayers. The State Department plans to move forward with the cuts, although legal challenges and
2:11 further appeals are expected. Switching gears to Portland, Oregon, which has seen some intense Antifa driven anti ice protesting.
2:32 That has been going on for weeks. Now borders are Tom Homan is on his way to Portland, the so called sanctuary city, to confront it. Here's what he shared with
2:44 Fox Business.
2:45 I'm gonna head to Portland. I'm going out there. They're they're not they're not going they're not going to bully us or or or, you know, we're gonna do the job we're gonna do in Portland too. But for the mayor of New
2:54 York City and Chicago, president Trump made it clear 2 weeks ago. We're gonna double down and triple down the sanctuary cities. Why? Not because they're blue, because we know there are recent public safety threats to the
3:05 streets every day. So what you're gonna get, sanctuary cities, is exactly what you don't want, more agents in your communities and more collateral rest. That's what we're gonna do. We're doubling down, tripling down. So
3:15 for those who say they're gonna keep eyes out of the city, good luck with that.
3:20 At least 22 individuals have been charged with crimes like assaulting federal officers, arson, and vandalism. Homan's plan, it's to ramp up immigration
3:31 enforcement in Portland, which includes sending in more ICE agents. Now from Oregon to Washington state, a man has officially been transferred out of a
3:43 women's prison. Christopher Williams is a man who claims to be a woman. As such, he was transferred to the Washington Corrections Center for Women in 20 21. He
3:55 has since racked up several sexual assault allegations. Williams' criminal history dates back to 2005. It involves convictions of child molestation, first
4:07 degree assaults, and years of walking around as an unregistered sex offender. But now, after intense and legal backlash, the male inmate has
4:19 finally been transferred back to the men's facility where men belong. And those are today's headlines. I'm Sarah Holliday. Up next is Washington Watch with Tony
National Security and Agriculture
4:31 Perkins. We're back tomorrow with more stories that matter.
4:51 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and
5:03 newsmakers, all from a biblical world view. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
5:09 American agriculture is not just about feeding our families, but about protecting our nation and standing up to foreign adversaries who are buying our farmland, stealing our research, and creating dangerous
5:20 vulnerabilities in the very systems that sustain us. Re shoring and near shoring our food and agriculture supply chain is essential for our nation's security.
5:31 I was secretary of agriculture, Brooke Rollins, yesterday announcing the national farm security action plan. Welcome to this January ninth edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Thanks for tuning
5:43 in and making us part of your day. Well, coming up, North Carolina congressman doctor Greg Murphy explains why protecting America's farmland isn't just about agriculture, it's about a national
5:54 security imperative. And could the District of Columbia soon come under new management?
6:01 We have tremendous power at the White House to run places where we have to. We could run DC. I mean, we're we're looking at DC. We don't want crime in DC. We we wanna we wanna capital that's
6:13 run flawlessly, and it wouldn't be hard for us to do it.
6:17 That was president Trump yesterday during his cabinet meeting, talking about management of the District of Columbia. We'll talk with Texas congressman Pete Sessions about Washington DC and what it might look like
6:29 if Congress reasserts control over the federal city. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been making the rounds here in Washington DC. Earlier today, he was at the Pentagon meeting with secretary
6:41 of defense Pete Hegseth. And just a short while ago, he returned to Capitol Hill where he was asked about his conversations with president Trump regarding a path to peace in Gaza.
6:52 President Trump wants a deal, but not at any price. I don't want a deal, but not at any price. Israel has security requirements and other requirements, and we're working together
7:04 to try it with you. Everything else that you hear and are being briefed on is folly.
7:11 Former congresswoman Michelle Bachman joins me in studio with her insights. Also, on our July fourth broadcast, we featured highlights from FRC's God in government course.
7:23 Nearly 6000 people have already taken part in this unique online experience. Brent Kylan, FRC's vice president for strategic initiatives, will join me later to share how you can tap into this resource and learn more
7:35 about God's design for government. All of that and more ahead on this edition of Washington Watch. Well, yesterday, the Trump administration said it will
7:47 be engaging at every level of government to ban foreign adversaries from purchasing farmland in the US, most notably, China, which has purchased an uncomfortable amount of land near
7:59 strategic US military bases and installations. It will also do everything possible to claw back land that has already been purchased. Not surprisingly, China is not happy, but many
8:11 here in the United States are. With me now to talk about this is congressman Greg Murphy, who has been actively involved in legislative efforts to address concerns about China's purchase of US lands. He
8:23 represents the third congressional district of North Carolina. Doctor Murphy, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
8:30 Thank you, Tony. Thank you for having me.
8:32 And I know
8:32 this is a a topic you and I have talked about, before on the program. This had to be music to your ears to hear the Department of Agriculture make this announcement.
8:40 Well, it was, Tony. You know, I live in a very rural, part of Eastern North Carolina, and we, we have a lot of farmland around with us. And so, having it secure, having this something that we,
8:53 we treasure, to make sure that foreign hands and foreign entities are not taking advantage of our goodwill is gonna be critical. Really, not only for so many things that we saw during the pandemic, but for national
9:04 security also.
9:06 Because a lot of this land that they've been purchasing happens to be around, vital military installations. I mean, is that just coincidence?
9:15 Well, you know, knowing how nefarious and maligned the, the Communist Party of China is, you can't take anything for granted. You know, as was pointed out a few weeks ago, they tried to put in a fungus push into a fungus
9:26 into the country that would have been disastrous for crops. You know, I've said this many times, Tony, and I firmly believe it. I I believe we are at war with China. It's not ballistically, but it's economically, it's
9:38 agriculturally, it's via trade. It is every other way that China is trying to get into this nation somehow and gain a foothold. If they're able to, you know, control our food supply, then all bets are off. This is what
9:50 we need more than anything, food and energy, obviously. But, you know, it's great for the Trump administration to put the hammer down and not and not allow it and actually start trying to reclaim some of the land that
9:59 has been taken up by Chinese foreign nationals already.
10:03 Doctor Murphy, you talked about the fungus that they tried to sneak into the country. I mean, when you consider and you're on the program many times during the COVID pandemic, what that did to the
10:14 world by releasing that virus there in China. I mean, if they were able to do something here and release it into our country that would destroy our crops or affect our food
10:26 supply. I mean, this is this is what they have. I mean, given, as you said, the nefarious actions they've taken in the past, this is what I think we need to be protecting against.
10:37 Absolutely. You know, there's 1 thing we live you know, as Lincoln said, we we're only gonna end up taking over ourselves because we're protected by 2 oceans. But if they're able to sneak in biological agents, we saw
10:48 this with COVID. And, you know, I don't think there's any doubt now, in the scientific community if there are a few quadrants that are still trying to to say the, that this came out of nature. But everybody else believes
10:59 it was made in that lab. Whether it was made actually, there are few people who think it was made in the US and transported there. That's a whole different story, a different show. But, it but it leaked in that lab. Was
11:08 it done on purpose? I doubt it. But this just goes to show you how 1 small incident can lead to worldwide disaster. You bring in something that kills our crops, it's essentially Armageddon for us. We can't feed
11:20 ourselves, much less the rest of the world.
11:23 And we're talking about, about 45000000 acres of American agriculture land that is is being held by foreign entities. Now when you look at collectively
11:35 of all the agricultural land we have in this country, about 3.5 percent is of all privately held agricultural land is in the hands of foreign nationals. But when you look at the Communist
11:47 Party of China, or I know they have these shell companies, so they have layers in between them, but we know who actually is behind it. Right. How much farmland does the United does Americans own in
11:59 China?
12:00 Well, I I'd love to say, probably about 0, Tony. I don't know that for a fact, but I I can't say that the Chinese Communist Party would allow us to own any land over there. And so having other countries you know,
12:12 China's actually doesn't own the most land in my understanding. We have some other countries that own more land, but they don't wanna see our destruction. So, no, I don't believe we own anything in China. I don't know
12:22 that for a fact, but I I don't see the communist party allowing us to do anything in their country.
12:27 They don't even let their own people own the land, let alone let Americans own the land. Yeah. So, what's this look like? I I I was interested in and you made reference to this, the clawing
12:39 back of the the property already purchased. Again, a lot of this around strategic military installations. What does that process look like?
12:48 You know, it's interesting you say that because I think it was probably about 3 years ago. I have 3 military bases in my district, all marine bases. Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point, which is the fixed wing for the marines,
12:59 and Rotor Wing is a new river air station. We had 2 Chinese nationals, of all places that were trying to buy land outside Cherry Point, the fixed wing installation. That got kiboshed very
13:11 quickly, fortunately. But you don't know how much has gone on otherwise around strategic lands. And now that you don't need landing fields, you essentially need an acre of land or so to have a drone take off. It's an
13:23 entirely different calculus. It's entirely different game about how much damage they do in this country.
13:28 That's a really good point considering what we've seen Ukraine do to Russia, and and how they've been able to really turn the tables on Russia, by utilizing
13:40 modern technology of of drones. You know, this is a good example of from my perspective, you feel free to correct me if if, you think I'm wrong. But
13:52 there's, I think, 23 states that have already taken action to restrict China from purchasing farmland in their states. You know, the states were far ahead of the federal government. It
14:04 takes the federal government a long time to catch up on these things. This is why this is a good example of why our system our federalist system works well because states are quicker to act,
14:16 and eventually, the federal government catches up.
14:19 Right. North Carolina has done it, which is which is a good thing when considering how agricultural still agriculture still our number 1 economy. And we have so many military bases also in North Carolina. It was critical
14:31 that we protect those. You know, you go back and you look at what's being done nationally versus, state wise. You know, we had pushes pushback from the other side of the aisle that we are being xenophobic or some other,
14:42 you know, slur 1 way or the other. No. It's called national security. It's about protecting our homeland. You know, I think you and I have talked also about the Chinese mal influence malign influence rather, on college
14:54 campuses. It's no different. They are trying everything they can to get in on every sector of our society, be it at the educational system, the agricultural system, around our military, our security system, our
15:06 economy. They're trying every way possible to destabilize this nation. And I, for 1, am extremely glad, really breathing a sigh of relief that we have an administration that actually cares about that,
15:18 understands about that, and is not worried about some nonsense social justice, parameter really to do the right thing.
15:25 I think this is a prime example of America first policy that we're going to protect the American people and we're going to protect American interests first and foremost.
15:36 Right. Right. You know, we saw that during the pandemic, and I think that's such a lesson for us. We were careening towards an oblivion of just ignorance where everybody was every the world is fine. It's been 80 plus
15:48 years since we had a world war. Everything's gonna be fine because people are nicer to 1 another now. That's not true. Sadly enough, we still live in a world where sin sin creates evil and, evil
16:00 creates sin. And, we live in country in a country that has been isolated and we we we we think nothing would ever happen to us. But remember, you know, easy hard times create easy men and easy
16:11 men, create soft times. And that's what we are facing right now. And it's great that we have an administration that actually recognizes that we have to be concerned about security. We have to be concerned about those
16:23 things that are in in part of guaranteeing our freedom and and well-being.
16:28 Well and back to the issue of just how China is taking every avenue they can to undermine the United States and what we stand for. Yesterday, I was on Capitol Hill speaking on a panel on,
16:40 China with Bob Fu with China aid regarding religious persecution in in China, which, by the way, I I think should be a part of every conversation we have with China in regards
16:52 to trade, any diplomatic conversations ought to include religious persecution and human rights. But that that wasn't my point. Right after I left, there was a a CCP
17:04 kind of agent that disrupted the event and started an altercation, with 1 of the the the panelists there. They are bold in our face. They are not hesitant at
17:16 all to advocate for their intimidation tactics that they take toward, Chinese nationals who have come legally to this country?
17:28 Sure. Sure. Because it's the secret sauce. It's it's their secret sauce. Keep everybody within the confines of the Chinese Communist Party as far as the theology, if you will, of what, what they think and believe.
17:40 You know, try doing it for an American being over in China and disrupting something. They'd go away to a prison for a very long time. So they're taking advantage of our free society. And, you know, we're
17:51 not gonna give up our freedom, because of those those risks. But it's really true, Tony. They don't care. They're taking advantage of the United States in so many different regards because of the free society in
18:03 which we live. And it's great that we have an administration that understands with that freedom comes the cost that we have to make sure that we have security.
18:12 Right.
18:12 Without that, we don't have our own freedom.
18:15 But also understanding that it's okay to target those who are the threat and not everybody. I mean, that's that's how we have to approach this. We don't need to take away everyone's freedom. We just need to take away
18:27 those who are here to do, bad things and and undermine America. Doctor Murphy, we're out of time, but always great to, to talk with you. Thanks so much for joining us today.
18:37 Thank you, Tony. God bless. Have a great rest of the week.
18:40 You as well. Alright, folks. Stick with us because we're coming back after this break with more Washington Watch, so don't go away.
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21:54 Tony Perkins, your host, and it's good to have you with us on this Wednesday. Alright. We didn't talk about this today, but it's still percolating, and I still need you to lean in on this and and help us. It's,
22:05 something we were working on. We talked about it last week with the reconciliation packages. The final negotiations were being made. And that is the the FDA's guidelines
22:18 for mifepristone. That's the abortion chemical drug. And right now, the Biden era policies are in place, and this is allowing this abortion drug to
22:30 be mailed into pro life states, like my home state of Louisiana that has very strong pro life laws. Well, those laws don't mean anything. So there are there are a number of states, like 13 in particular, that
22:41 have very strong pro life states, and and and they're just being completely ignored because of a Biden era policy that is still in place. That has to change. So I need you to help
22:53 us communicate to the Trump administration. It it's in process. The conversations have begun, but it's not done yet. And so we gotta get this across the line to protect unborn children and
23:05 stop what what's actually led to an increase in abortions in this country. Alright. We've actually seen an increase since Dobbs, believe it or not. So text the word life to 6 7 7 4 2. That's
23:17 life to 6 7 7 4 2 and sign the petition to help us put it into this. It's gotta happen. So text the word life to 6 7 7 4 2. Alright. If you,
23:28 if you happen to to have, tuned into the program last Friday, you got a little taste of FRC's God in Government series, which we launched earlier this year on our Stand Firm app. Well, with last
23:40 week's observation of, Independence Day behind us, we're now moving toward the 200 and fiftieth anniversary of our nation's birth. I remember 17 76. I mean, 19
23:52 76, not 17 76. But I remember the 2 hundredth. I do. I was a kid. I remember it. Well, lord willing, I'm gonna be around next year for the 200 and fiftieth anniversary of our nation's
24:04 birth. And as we do so, it is our hope that more Americans will rediscover the foundation of our nation. What the founders understood when they began to build this
24:15 nation. And our God in Government course is a great way to do that. Joining me now to share more is Brent Kylan, vice president for strategic initiatives here at the Family Research Council. Brent,
24:27 welcome back to Washington Watch. I appreciate it. Tony, thank you. Alright. Give give us a a very quickly and, kind of a broad overview of, of this course.
24:37 Yeah. So, Tony, feel a little bit, out of place as you're actually the 1 who developed this over many years and taught it. But, give us the student's perspective. Alright. From the student's perspective, we, like you
24:48 said, we, recently added the full course to the Stand Firm app. Got some really encouraging feedback. First time we've put it to video, it's available there now. You can access that for
25:00 I I I taught it for almost 30 years. First time we put it on video this actually, almost a year ago last summer, end of last summer, we recorded all of it. Took a while to get through all the editing, but launched
25:12 it, this spring. And close to 6000 people
25:17 Yes.
25:17 Have, participated, online.
25:20 Yes. Over 5700 people participated in the launch, watching either all or part of it. That number actually might be over 6000 by now because it's continued to to live on the app. But like you said, Tony, just I think the
25:32 timing of this being available now going into the 200 and fiftieth year is just so good. And, and we asked people, we said, what are your thoughts on on the course? Because this is the first time we've captured it via
25:43 video. Was it helpful? What did you like? What what would you recommend? And if I could just a couple of the comments we got.
25:50 As long as they didn't say get a new instructor. Right?
25:52 I left I left that 1 out.
25:54 Okay. So,
25:55 so so 91 percent did say that they would recommend or strongly recommend this to friends or family. So we're just very encouraged. 1 person said, I liked understanding concepts,
26:07 clearly that had always been very foggy in my mind before. I had an idea of what I believed but couldn't articulate it. Now I can. Somebody else said it's a a wonderful discipleship tool and really has
26:18 helped me to read the bible through a different lens. Somebody else said how it has enabled them to share snippets with family and friends and things like that. So, it it really does seem to have helped people. They just
26:30 really, enjoy the ability to understand that biblical perspective on government.
26:35 What what's unique about this particular course, there's a lot of, you know, American history courses that bring in America's Christian heritage, and there's a lot out there like
26:46 this. This takes both well, actually, it takes there's 3 aspects of this. 1 is America's history. So we we look at America's history. All this is footnoted and documented. But
26:58 we then we we take the Bible and look at the biblical design for government, and we see how the founders actually utilized that in structuring our government. But then we take those biblical principles,
27:11 and we have an application portion, which is not theoretical. I actually did it as I was in office and and put these principles to play into play. And and talk about that in the course
27:23 of some of the legislation that I passed and why this I crafted certain policies based upon biblical principles in America's Christian history.
27:34 And and we live in a day where so often you hear, you know, separation of church and state. You're supposed to check your faith at the door. And we got feedback on that. People said, I did not realize the impact we as
27:43 Christians can have when we stand together.
27:45 That's why they don't want us to do it.
27:46 Absolutely. Absolutely.
27:49 So this is, it it's currently on the the Stand Firm app. So folks, if you get to Stand Firm app, there are 13 sessions, that you can have access to. But we've got
28:00 something special planned coming up as well, don't we?
28:03 We do, Tony. So, this is still in the development stage. So we'll be we'll be announcing more of this in the months to come, but we're we're working on a really exciting initiative. And, the guiding
28:15 government course is really gonna be the launching pad of that. So so even monitor that because we'll be walking you through ways where you could host a group. You could bring people together, but then, like I said,
28:27 we'll tell tell you more specifics about the initiative coming up. I can tell you it revolves around 3 words that you hear a lot that, at Family Research Council.
28:35 Those words be?
28:37 So pray, vote, stand. So these are gonna we're gonna, have some things that we're gonna be releasing specific ways for you to do that in your local communities.
28:46 Yeah. So I'll I'll go a little bit further. We're gonna be launching this fall a, an initiative for pray, vote, stand chapters in every county in America. And,
28:58 and and so we're gonna be recruiting churches and individuals to be a part of that, in the coming weeks. And, Brent's setting that up. But as you mentioned, the, Ghana government series is gonna be 1
29:10 of many, many resources available for these chapters as they launch. Brent Kylan, always great to, to have you on the program. Thanks so much much for stopping into the studio.
29:19 Absolutely, Tony. Thank you.
29:21 Alright. And and and folks, you can get the Stand Firm app. If you don't have it, I highly recommend that you do get it. Go to the App Store or text app, that's a p p, to 6 7 7 4 4 2
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