GOP lawmaker calls for hearing on disturbing efforts to allow foreign ownership of public lands

Republicans introduce effort to block public lands from being listed on a major stock exchange. The proposal is backed by climate activists. Republicans want to protect federal lands from foreign investors from listing them on major stock exchanges. Republicans say they want to keep public lands off the stock market.

House Republicans introduce legislation barring Chinese, Russian, North Korean and Iranian nationals from investing in U.S. real estate. The legislation comes amid a rise in such purchases in recent years. House Republicans introduced legislation to prohibit Chinese, Russia, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying U.K. property.

GOP lawmaker calls for hearing on ‘disturbing’ efforts to allow foreign ownership of public lands. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is demanding a top House financial panel hold a hearing to examine attempts from progressives to allow private ownership. Banks: Progressives are trying to get private owners to be allowed to own public land.

Securities and Exchange Commission blocks proposal that would have opened public lands to private ownership. The proposal would have allowed public land to be sold to foreign owners. The SEC said in a filing Wednesday that it would block the proposal. The White House has been criticized by Republicans for allowing foreign ownership of public lands.

House Republicans blast Biden admin for allowing CBS to film at border facility but not Congress. Republicans on Capitol Hill are calling out the Biden administration for preventing them from taking photos of a border facility. CBS' "Face the Nation" was allowed to film the facility instead of Congress.

House Republicans open probe into Biden admin for opening public lands to foreign ownership. House Republican leaders announced they are opening an investigation into the Biden administration for its attempt to open public land to private ownership. Biden administration is accused of trying to sell public lands for private sale to foreign owners.

The debate over whether bitcoin mining is detrimental to the environment is becoming a larger part of the political conversation surrounding energy conservation in the U.S. Bitcoin mining is a growing concern for the environment, according to experts. The debate has become a larger issue in the political discourse surrounding the issue of energy conservation.