Mayor Brandon Bochenski (2/6/23) and Dana Sande (2/8/23) join the program and we discuss the city council last night voting to scrap the controversial Fufeng project to Grand Forks.

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As expected the city council last night (Monday) voted to scrap plans to bring the controversial Fufeng project to Grand Forks.

The move ends a lengthy debate over the China-based corn milling plant. It also follows a letter last week from an assistant secretary of the Air Force who cited national security concerns with locating the project in close proximity to the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

Prior to the action the council heard from over a dozen citizens upset with why it took so long to do so. Many asked for the resignation of individual council members and staff.

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Special Guest: Brandon Bochenski .

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer joins Critical Thought to discuss the Air Force letter that was critical of the Fufeng project in Grand Forks.

Cramer says the reason Andrew Hunter – the assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics – penned the draft is testimony to the future of the GFAFB. “The most important person in the Air Force for Grand Forks right now is exactly that person because acquisition and technology screams Grand Forks Air Force Base.”

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U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer says the right person authored the Air Force letter that was critical of the Fufeng project in Grand Forks says a lot.

Cramer says the reason Andrew Hunter – the assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics – penned the draft is testimony to the future of the GFAFB. “The most important person in the Air Force for Grand Forks right now is exactly that person because acquisition and technology screams Grand Forks Air Force Base.”

The letter called the proposed corn milling plant a threat to national security. As a result Grand Forks is dropping the project. Cramer says the Air Force has great interest in the local base – and that’s a good thing.

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The U-S Air Force has come out against the proposed Fufeng corn milling plant in Grand Forks for security reasons.

A letter to North Dakota U-S Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer from the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force said in part… that while the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) concluded that it had no jurisdiction, the Air Force believes the project presents “a significant threat to national security with both near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.”

Mayor Brandon Bochenski joins Critical Thought to discuss the news, and as always your calls and your thoughts guide the discussion!

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The U-S Air Force has come out against the proposed Fufeng corn milling plant in Grand Forks for security reasons.

A letter to North Dakota U-S Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer from the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force said in part… that while the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) concluded that it had no jurisdiction, the Air Force believes the project presents “a significant threat to national security with both near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.”

Fufeng bought land in Grand Forks to build a corn milling plant about 12 miles from the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

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Special Guest: Brandon Bochenski .

Kevin Cramer joins and we talk Fufeng! It turns out that 30% of people who don't want to buy an EV say there's a lack of information available. As a solution GM turned an old Target building into a support center to help people understand electric cars.

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U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer says his opposition to the Fufeng project was known long before the review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Cramer says he was happy to support the request by the City of Grand Forks for the analysis. Cramer says while the CFIUS study will be useful – it’s not a definitive report.

Cramer’s says he first expressed his concerns about the company’s ties to China sometime last year. He discussed the opposition timing as a guest on KNOX’s “Critical Thought” program today (Thursday). “The question for Fufeng in going forward is do we want the Air Force to mitigate risks or do we want to minimize risks. I would rather minimize those risks and make Grand Forks the most defense-military friendly city in America to grow missions at the Grand Forks Air Force Base.”

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Special Guest: Kevin Cramer.