Filemon Vela: “Last month, all 12 Democrats on this committee and 63 other Democratic colleagues sent a letter to Secretary Nielsen…”

You cannot have a successful national economy when such a vital component hurts the way our farmers are currently.

I would urge the Committee to once again include the San Francisco Bay Restoration Act in the upcoming infrastructure package with the same authorization level included in HR 2--$50 million annually over 5 years.

I want to be clear that I think additional action will be required from this Committee, from this Congress, and from this Administration.

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to protect our domestic agricultural economy from the entrance of illegal agricultural products.