Tom Lantos: “Under current Federal law, children working in agriculture receive…”

On the recordNovember 8, 1999

Under current Federal law, children working in agriculture receive less protection than children working in other industries because of many outdated and outmoded exceptions included in our laws.

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Nov 8, 1999

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Critique of existing child labor laws and their inconsistencies.

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