"I believe your strong leadership and dedication to constituent input can help resolve this ongoing nightmare for Santa Cruz County residents."
"We write to respectfully request that you include additional funding beyond what has already been provided in FY 2022 appropriations legislation for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in om..."
"One of the other aspects of the work that we do that really isn't tailored to fit specialty or organic crops is our farm loan programs, and we are working very diligently with those groups to try to f..."
"I am well aware not only of the benefits of our agriculture to our community and our country, but also the many, many challenges faced by that number one industry in the number one agricultural state ..."
"one of the growing challenges, especially in my state, is the everchanging landscape due to the climate crisis."
"This isn't about politics. This really is about policy, policies that we are talking about to deal with a very pressing issue..."
"Now, in my district on the Central Coast of California, as I always say, we have a lot of bounty, and we have a lot of beauty."
"It takes a lot of work together. It takes a lot of work coming to the table and making sure our producers are at the table to talk about the protections for agriculture, for ag workers, and yes, even ..."
"I want to focus on something in regards to what you mentioned in your introduction about rural designation."
"the very idea that you are leaving fruit behind in the field is horrific from a food waste perspective and feeding hungry people"
"we are really looking at a regional approach that is commodity-specific that really looks at some of the bottlenecks in the supply chain and invests there"
"what we have seen is the desire to use Federal Crop Insurance Program"