These are all very critical to the quality. the safety of the food that the average consumer. once again. walking into the supermarket on a daily basis simply takes for granted. Mandatory dollars for specialty crop research will help our Nation keep a competitive edge on breeding. genetics. and genomics. also fund initiatives to address a certain economy such as the increased need for mechanization and food safety initiatives. Very frankly. fellow Senators. if we do not begin to ensure a labor force to American agriculture. the kind that has largely left agriculture over the last 2 years because of the immigration debate and the border crisis that we are now trying to fix. we are going to have to see more and more of our industry mechanized or it will simply have to move out of our country to an area where that labor force exists. So here is an opportunity in the specialty crop bill to do a little more of that research toward mechanization that again gives us opportunities that we heretofore did not have. I also applaud the national expansion of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program. a program in which Idaho has been fortunate to participate for several years now.
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