WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD-TV) — A familiar voice in agricultural policy is returning to Washington, this time as a member of Congress.
Republican Tom Sell won Texas’ 19th Congressional District, replacing retiring House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington.
Sell’s experience in agricultural policy includes working with former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest on the 2002 Farm Bill, along with decades of advocacy for farmers and ranchers.
“When you talk about the tunnels through the Capitol, there’s true tunnels. Knowing the pathway to get from point A to point B. That’s true physically. That’s also true in kind of a more symbolic sense of how do you get from point A to point B in the legislative process and accomplish goals successfully? I think we’re well set up on both. That’s my real hope and prayer, for the people of the 19th District, for kind of the farm and ranch community that I care so much about throughout the nation. Really for the sake of our nation, we’ve got to have a Washington, D.C. that is working together better to actually address, identify and then address our nation’s problems.”
Sell is expected to seek a seat on the House Agriculture Committee when the new Congress convenes in January.
