Melanie Stansbury
123:47 - 124:27
"the fundamental programs that help to support monitoring and to stop the screwworm in the very beginning were gutted and, what they were unable to ultimately stop it from crossing the border."
“the fundamental programs that help to support monitoring and to stop the screwworm in the very beginning were gutted and, what they were unable to ultimately stop it from crossing the border.”
- Speaker
- Melanie Stansbury
- Timestamp
- 123:47 – 124:27
- Source
- House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries (Begich): Legislative Hearing
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 21, 2026
From the transcript
These are real ranchers. My office has heard accounts from ranchers in my district who are proactively monitoring their herds, the cost, the burdens. And unfortunately the minimal support that they're actually getting from the federal government. And the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association has been raising the alarm for, frankly, months before it ever crossed the border. And unfortunately, the fundamental programs that help to support monitoring and to stop the screwworm in the very beginning were gutted and, what they were unable to ultimately stop it from crossing the border.
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