Filemon Vela: “The stakes have never been higher than they are right now.”

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.

States are willing to sacrifice their own political power to do harm to minority voting rights.

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…

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