Filemon Vela: “To say that immigrants are overrunning our border is a lie.”

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

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.

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

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