Washington, Feb. 9 -- Congressman Tony Gonzales issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) joined United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, Brooke Rollins, and Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) at Moore Air Field in South Texas for the grand opening of the USDA's New World screwworm (NWS) sterile fly dispersal facility.
"From securing critical funding in Congress to founding the New World Screwworm Working Group, strengthening our nation's preparedness against a screwworm outbreak has been one of my top priorities. Under Secretary Rollins' leadership at the USDA, we have made progress on measures to contain and eradicate the deadly screwworm. The grand opening of a domestic sterile fly disper...