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Bob Redding

Aug 27, 2026

14:06
Talk to me about how maintaining those relationships on all sides of Congress are necessary to effect change.
14:14
You hit right on it.
14:15
We do need both parties educated and the members from both parties educated, and they understand our issues.
14:24
You don't know that you'll always have a watermelon floor vote, okay? For example, you have committee votes, subcommittee votes, you have rules committee activity, and then certainly have the amendment process, but not straight up and down on a specific watermelon issue.
14:39
But on H-2A reform, that could very well happen.
14:42
In committee, rules committee, and on the floor, it's, it's going to be controversial moving forward.
14:47
Any immigration reform piece, significant big-picture public piece is going to be controversial.

13 MINS LATER

27:45
Finally, Bob, a- as you look ahead, what are you watching the most closely for watermelon growers, and how would you parlay that into what they can pay attention to from the periphery?

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