Filemon Vela: “I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to protect our domestic agricultural economy from the entrance of…”

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 must say now I get it. Your--your testimony has been so compelling and shed so much light on the battle that you consistently wage to protect the very people for which the Voting Rights Act was passed.

The stakes have never been higher than they are right now.

I and the produce industry strongly support the Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019.