{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395", "Congressman Valadao Hosts Agriculture Roundtable", "2022-08-22", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "CA", "David G. Valadao", "V000129", "valadao.house.gov", "valadao", "https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "HANFORD, CA \u2013 Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) and Congresswoman Connie Conway (CA-22) hosted a roundtable discussion with local leaders in the agriculture community to discuss how ongoing drought conditions, labor shortages, input costs, and supply chain disruptions are impacting the Central Valley agricultural sector. Roundtable participants also shared suggestions for the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill.\n\n\u201cAgriculture is the backbone of our Central Valley community, but our farmers, ranchers, and producers are facing a long list of challenges,\u201d said Congressman Valadao. \u201cOngoing drought conditions and low water allocations, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions are having a severe impact on our Central Valley agriculture sector. I appreciated the opportunity to have productive conversations about how we overcome these challenges to continue providing food for the nation.\u201d\n\nCongressman Valadao was joined in the roundtable discussion by:\n\nMatthew Watkins, Citrus Farmer and President of Tulare County Farm Bureau\n\nStewart Fleeman, CFO of Porterville Citrus, Inc.\n\nMarina Abitia, Regulatory Compliance & Food Safety Officer of Porterville Citrus, Inc.\n\nChristopher P. Greer, Assistant Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights & Measures County of Tulare\n\nJimmy Hook, Agricultural Commissioner-Sealer of Kings County Department of Agriculture\n\nJustin Mendes, General Manager of North Fork Kings GSA\n\nDusty Ference, Executive Director of Kings County Farm Bureau", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://valadao.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4326907694339752, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}