Defend family-owned farms and land from foreign nations.

Lisa C. McClain · Michigan · Republican

policy impact 3.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Contest this claim

Occurrences

I am committed to defending your family-owned farms and land from foreign nations looking only to gain shady influence.

Commits to protecting farms and farmland from foreign influence.

Meet Lisa — McClain for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

House Republicans are advancing H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. This bill is led by Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) to secure America’s food supply chain, help thwart foreign attempts to purchase American farmland, and keep agriculture growing for the next generation.

McClain backed advancing a farm bill aimed in part at stopping foreign attempts to buy American farmland.

News List | House Republicans
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

unverified · Source version 18462 · locator unknown

The House Agriculture Committee reported H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. The report says the bill includes provisions to add the Secretary of Agriculture to CFIUS for covered transactions involving agricultural land and agriculture biotechnology, requires CFIUS to determine whether a national security threat review is necessary for reportable land transactions, and strengthens AFIDA reporting, audits, civil penalties, and public disclosure of foreign agricultural land ownership data.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, House action advanced a major farm-bill package that directly addresses foreign ownership and national-security review of agricultural land, but this is committee action rather than enacted law and it is not specific proof that McClain’s promise was fully delivered.

partial same_term

HRPT-119-7567-p1.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 72%

Contest this evidence item

unverified · Source version 56114 · locator unknown

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Time: 03:30pm Location: 318 Russell Senate Office Building Check back for live video of this hearing. ## Legislation S. ___, Agricultural Act of 2026

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, the Senate Agriculture Committee still had the Agricultural Act of 2026 pending for a business meeting rather than enacted or sent to the president.

unresolved same_term

Business Meeting | Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%

Contest this evidence item

unverified · Source version 56116 · locator unknown

The committee must advance this bill, and I look forward to doing so this week.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A September 14 Senate Agriculture Committee statement framed Farm Bill 2.0 as still needing committee advancement, showing the broader farm-bill vehicle remained unresolved in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term

ICYMI: Chairman Boozman Amplifies Voices of Rural America in Push to Advance Farm Bill 2.0
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 77%

Contest this evidence item

verified · Source version 56117 · locator 3588

The House passed the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 in April, but the Senate has yet to advance a Farm Bill to the floor.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): McClain's office acknowledged during the lookback window that the House-passed farm bill had not advanced to the Senate floor, supporting unresolved status rather than full delivery.

unresolved same_term

ICYMI: Conference Chairwoman McClain Attends Michigan Farm Bureau Dinner on the Farm | Press Releases | Congresswoman Lisa McClain
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Contest this evidence item

unverified · Source version 56119 · locator unknown

SEC. 12306. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BY FOREIGN ADVERSARIES AND STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall direct the heads of the Federal departments and agencies to promulgate rules and regulations to prohibit the purchase of agricultural land located in the United States by a foreign adversary, a state sponsor of terrorism

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House-engrossed farm bill contained a directly relevant prohibition on agricultural land purchases by foreign adversaries and state sponsors of terrorism, but this was bill text rather than enacted law.

partial same_term

H.R. 7567 (EH) - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Contest this evidence item

unverified · Source version 56121 · locator unknown

McClain | McClain | Republican | MI | Yea

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Clerk roll call shows McClain voted yes on House passage of H.R. 7567, the vehicle containing foreign-agricultural-land provisions.

partial same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 85%

Contest this evidence item

verified · Source version 56123 · locator 10013

Through the implementation of modernization measures and expanded scope and depth of reporting, this proposed rule will help ensure the AFIDA regulations address foreign investment and ownership of American agricultural land, particularly as it might present a national security risk.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): USDA proposed AFIDA reporting and enforcement updates related to foreign ownership of agricultural land, but the source identifies the action as a proposed rule with comments due August 10, 2026, not a completed final rule.

partial same_term

Federal Register :: Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

Contest this evidence item

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term

The provided evidence shows same-term House committee advancement of a major agriculture package with provisions targeting foreign ownership and national-security review of agricultural land, which aligns with defending family-owned farms and land from foreign nations. However, the evidence does not show enacted federal law or a completed executive outcome, and it does not establish that McClain personally wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced the provisions. This supports partial credit, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 72%