Funding has recently been cut for inspectors who work with the FDA. Mia is a congresswoman who is very distressed about this and is fighting for a budget increase. She believes that it is essential to make sure that livestock growers and processors are using precautions to protect from the spread of disease. Which fact would Mia MOST likely use to help make her argument? The Western blacklegged tick spreads Lyme disease on the Pacific Coast. More than 50 percent of horses have been exposed to the protozoa that causes EPM. Americans eat 52.2 billion pounds of meat per year. Just a bump of one to two degrees of temperature can slow the growth of a hog.