CM871 oil pump pickup tube screen

[Chamberpains]

I dropped the oil pan to replace the gasket, throw some dimes in the pump and inspect things, low and behold the screen to the pickup tube was laying in the bottom of the pan. What is the general consensus of what to do. Replace the pickup tube? Weld the screen back in place? Something else? Is a new one upgraded somehow that it won't break loose? I see its the screen material that breaks not the tack welds themselves.