Sen. Deery Shares Updates

Defending America against foreign threats is not just the responsibility of the federal government. While our nation’s adversaries work every day to upend the American way of life, Indiana is doing its part to keep our country safe, strong, and prosperous.

Since being elected, I have supported every effort to protect Hoosiers against those who want to destroy America. 

I had the governments in Iran, China, North Korea and Russia in mind when I enthusiastically supported a new law to protect Hoosiers from these growing threats.

Senate Enrolled Act 256 builds on recent legislation that prevented individuals and businesses from adversarial countries from purchasing farmland in Indiana and required our state to divest from China. 

SEA 256 will: 

• Expand Indiana’s existing ban on businesses from foreign adversary nations owning farmland so these businesses can’t purchase any real property in Indiana; 
• Require agents and political organizations from foreign adversaries to register with the Indiana Attorney General‘s office;
• Keep agents from foreign adversaries out of college programs important to our national security; 
• Ban state funding for affiliates of foreign terror organizations; and 
• Prohibit state and local governments from entering into sensitive technology contracts with businesses from foreign adversaries.

This session, I also supported a new law that prohibits the Indiana Economic Development Corporation from awarding tax credits to businesses controlled by a person from, headquartered in or organized in a foreign adversary nation.

As a state, we must recognize that our foreign adversaries can harm us anywhere throughout the nation, not just in large cities. As your state senator, one of my top priorities is ensuring Indiana is safe, and I will continue to do my part to protect Hoosier families from every threat.