Washington, July 7 -- Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (MN-07) joined House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson last week as an original cosponsor of the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act. This legislation modernizes the H-2A agricultural worker program, delivering labor flexibility and financial predictability to agricultural producers.
"Our hard-working farmers should not have to fight through mountains of federal red tape just to feed and fuel our country," said Rep. Fischbach. "Rigid and outdated H-2A program requirements have ignored the realities of modern farming, leaving our local ag economy without a strong workforce. This producer-backed bill ...