Filemon Vela: “As I stated on the day this deployment was announced, this is a horrendous idea.”

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

During a long vote series today, I unintentionally voted aye on the Flores Amendment to H.R. 4863 United States Export Finance Agency Act, on rollcall number 618. Had I been able to correct my vote at that time, I would have voted ``nay.''…

I was present and voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 449, final passage of S.J. Res. 33. However, it has come to my attention that my vote was not recorded, and I would like the record to show how my vote would have been counted on S.J. Res…

It is our job on this Committee to ensure that these programs are structured and implemented in a way that can quickly, efficiently, and most directly serve the farmers, ranchers and small towns who need them right now.