Reps. Vela, Costa Issue Statements at Hearing on Implementation of Federal Farm, Disaster Programs
September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Reps. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, chairman of the House Agriculture subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, and Jim Costa, D-California, chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, issued the following remarks at a joint hearing to review the implementation and capacity of key programs at the Agriculture Department designed to aid farmers, ranchers and rural communities:
From Chairman Vela, as prepared for delivery:
From Chairman Vela, as prepared for delivery: