Greg Abbott: “It's going to lead to a dramatic spike increase in what…”

“In billions of dollars of losses a year. It could truly crush the cattle industry as well as other livestock industry in Texas. And in doing so, It's going to lead to a dramatic spike increase in what people are paying in groceries when they go to the grocery store and try to buy food. To begin to address this, a few weeks ago, I announced the Texas New World Screwworm Response Team, who've been working on strategies to better address this at the state level.” (02:27–02:37)

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