Issue Position: Agriculture

Issue Position

The central coast of California is the salad bowl of the world. It is home to numerous specialty crops that are taken from the field, packaged, and brought to dinner tables to feed thousands of Americans across the country.

As a member of the influential House Agriculture Committee, Jimmy has established himself as a leading voice on nutrition, organics, and agriculture research. There, Jimmy is fighting to ensure that our agriculture industry receives critical federal resources, and pushing sound public policies that work to promote sustainable farming.

He founded the bipartisan Agriculture Research Caucus to elevate challenges facing agricultural producers across the country, and find solutions to help them do their jobs. This includes research on bringing technology and innovation to the farm, as well as techniques to maintain sustainability in the rich farmland of the Central Coast.

Jimmy is working across the aisle on bipartisan immigration reform that provides certainty for both our farmers and farmworkers. He is an original cosponsor of the Agricultural Worker Program Act to provide eligible undocumented farmworkers a path to become legal permanent residents. Jimmy will continue to work to invest in our agriculture industry and support the people who make it our district's number one industry.

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