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 apply and receive vouchers that covered 100% of the estimated feed cost per head for about 30 days. As you are aware, last year, California's Central Valley experienced flooding events that it hasn't seen since the 1980s. In fact, there's still evidence of the legendary Tulare Lake, just a few miles south of my own home in Hanford. (00:09–00:26)
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