Subject: SR-NYSE-2023-09: Webform Comments from Chester D. Piland
From: Chester D. Piland
Affiliation:

Jan. 11, 2024

The idea of allowing our national assets to be purchased
by foreign entities around the world simply is a very bad idea. It
opens the door for more international regulation on assets that
everyone in this country relies on for energy, minerals, recreation
and other outdoor activities. The fact that whomever purchases these
American assets can have total control over all aspects, and I mean
all aspects is basically an affront to American independence and
freedom.
Just to think that our parks could be closed, lands off limits for
mining and drilling for energy resources, BLM lands closed for all
activities is an invasion against the very freedoms that make this a
great country.

I am respectfully asking that this Proposed Rule Change be forever
deleted and not allowed.