Filemon Vela: “Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) assertion that they do not have sufficient capacity to process asylum seekers is a…”

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

Most of us on this Subcommittee represent pretty large swaths of land, and I can't go to any farmer in the 270 mile stretch of south Texas that I represent without hearing about how difficult it is for farmers to get loans and financing…

It is clear that USDA wants to find efficiencies, but is USDA prepared to make the changes needed to successfully deliver these important services, even if that means increasing, not decreasing, staff and resources?

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