Congressman Ronny Jackson Introduces Bill To Protect Livestock From New World Screwworm

Congressman Ronny Jackson Introduces Bill To Protect Livestock From New World Screwworm

Congressman Ronny Jackson Introduces Bill To Protect Livestock From New World Screwworm

Texas District-13 Congressman Ronny Jackson introduced Tuesday the Safeguarding America’s Food Economy and Controlling Agricultural Threats to Livestock and Enterprises Act or the SAFE CATTLE Act. This bill will establish a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to carry out, and coordinate on, activities to prevent, control, and eradicate New World screwworm in wildlife species on federal lands. Representatives Don Davis (D-NC), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), and Darren Soto (D-FL) are co-leading this bill in the House.

Carl Ray Polk, Junior President of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Laphe LaRoe Chairman of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association and Russell Boening President of the Texas Farm Bureau all welcomed this support.