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Vicente Gonzalez: “We're producing about 300 million straw flies weekly. We…”

Featuring: Vicente Gonzalez, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 34

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Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) on looming threat of New World screwworm | Dec. 21, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 00:57

And we just celebrated the construction of a facility which will take years. We don't have time to construct a facility. I think we're working with Panama and Mexico and some other places. We're producing about 300 million straw flies weekly. We need to more than double that, almost triple that, just to hold it back. And I'd urge the committee to speak with her and speak with experts on this because it's become a very political issue. (00:57–01:06)

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Asserts that current production of sterile flies is 300 million weekly, but needs to be increased significantly.

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