Ronny Jackson Reintroduces Legislation to Protect American Animal Agriculture
District 13 Congressman Ronny Jackson reintroduced the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act. This legislation makes critical investments in the foremost animal health programs at USDA that are critical to protecting America’s farmers’ and ranchers’ livestock operations from devastating foreign animal diseases and pests. This is in response to the New World Screwworm. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, Rep. Don Davis from North Carolina, and Rep. Jim Costa from California are co-leading this legislation.
Representative Jackson said: “As the representative of one of the largest animal agriculture districts in the country, I know how essential it is to ensure that the Department of Agriculture has the tools necessary to stay ahead of foreign animal disease outbreaks, not just react to them,” Jackson continued. “With the threat of New World screwworm moving closer to our Southern Border and USDA being required to halt live animal imports from Mexico, proactive investment is critical to protect our agricultural producers, our rural economies, and our food supply.”