While national defense is primarily the responsibility of the federal government, Indiana Senate Republicans have been working to protect Hoosiers from foreign adversaries like China, Russia and Iran.
As part of these efforts, the Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) recently completed a $1.2 billion divestment from Chinese government-controlled assets.
This effort stems from a new law I supported that required INPRS to divest from these entities because I believe Hoosiers' tax dollars should not be invested in companies controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
This year, I also supported laws that:
- Protect public colleges from influence by foreign adversaries;
- Ban foreign adversaries from purchasing or leasing agricultural land; and
- Prohibit foreign adversaries from purchasing or leasing any land within a 10-mile radius of a military installation.
For more information about our state's efforts to divest from our foreign adversaries, click here.