From the transcript

In addition, I am also a cattle producer, and I am here today to voice Texas Farm Bureau's strong support for H.R. 7466, The SAFE Cattle Act, authored by my own Congressman, Ronnie Jackson, and co-led by Chairman Hagerman and Representative Soto, who serve on this subcommittee.

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