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David Valadao: “In 2017, Puerto Rico's dairy industry was ravaged by…”

Featuring: David Valadao, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 22

Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers

Published March 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 00:05

Thank you, chairman. Thank you, secretary, for being here. I appreciate your time. In 2017, Puerto Rico's dairy industry was ravaged by hurricanes. At that time, the USDA took swift action to aid the operators by allocating up to 12 million through the commodity Credit Corporation so that Puerto Rico dairy producers could … (00:05–00:09)

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Asserts that Puerto Rico's dairy industry was severely affected by hurricanes in 2017.

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“The USDA took swift action to aid the operators by allocating up to 12 million through the Commodity Credit Corporation so that Puerto Rico…”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 00:09-00:26
“Last year, California's Central Valley experienced flooding events that it hasn't seen since the 1980s.”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 00:26-00:33
“Yet one year later, there has been no similar action taken to help reimburse our California producers for feed losses, relocation of…”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 00:38-00:50
“California [is] home to the largest dairy industry within the 50 states.”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 00:43-00:59
“A lot of the flooding probably wouldn't have been as bad had management of our rivers and creeks and things that were going through the…”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 01:13-01:23
“Farmers were waking up with two to 3ft of water and having to evacuate cattle just to save them.”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 01:28-01:35
“For some reason, dairy has been left out of [the assistance programs].”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 01:36-01:39
“No one challenged Perdue when he did that for Puerto Rico, and that was the territory. Now we're talking about one of our own states.”
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“If there was no challenge from anyone when the last secretary did it, and then if you're just going to keep the money there and not help…”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 03:06-03:16
“It's happened before. There's a precedent to follow on this one.”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 03:57-04:02
“Cheese prices [are] sitting at $1.47 I think, today. And we had had prices in the last few years where butter was sitting up close to $4…”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 04:08-04:17
“Almonds are down under $2. When there was a time they were up above four pistachios on their way down. Almonds or walnuts are at about a…”
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“Table grapes are struggling.”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 04:25-04:27
“There's a lot of evidence where you're saying that you're using this to help farmer prices, but there's no evidence to back that up.”
Congressman Valadao Presses USDA Secretary on Disaster Relief for Central Valley Dairy Farmers | Uploaded March 21, 2024 | 04:26-04:32