Senate was the key. They can't get a veto proof bill passed.
US federal agents seized 1 million pounds (454 metric tons) of pork smuggled from China to the same port amid growing fears the meat could contain traces of the African swine fever virus that has ravaged the Asian country’s hog herd, and which has sent pork prices soaring.
Anthony Bucci, public affairs specialist at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the bust marks the the "largest-ever seizure of agricultural products in the U.S." The pork arrived in more than 50 shipping containers over the past few weeks to the port in Newark, hidden in containers of ramen noodles and laundry detergent, he said.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-16/largest-ever-pork-bust-us-seizes-1-million-pounds-chinese-pork-prices-soar