[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ARS FUNDS FOR CALIFORNIA CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS

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                            HON. FRANK RIGGS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 1995

  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate my support for the 
fiscal year 1996 Agriculture appropriations bill, generally, and 
particularly with respect to new funding in this bill for research into 
the California forms of the citrus tristeza virus. This bill takes the 
first step by providing $500,000 to start research into the 
suppression/eradication of the particular strains of citrus tristeza 
virus which are attacking California citrus. At risk, without this 
needed research, are California's entire $1.5 billion domestic 
industry, our $495 million citrus export market, and the only remaining 
disease-free budwood stock which we export throughout the world. There 
a number of other areas of this bill which I support, but I just wanted 
to emphasize the critical need of the citrus tristeza virus for 
California.

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