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David Valadao: “If we continue to grow the supply of legal temporary workers past the 156,000 number to match closer to that actual…”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
If we continue to grow the supply of legal temporary workers past the 156,000 number to match closer to that actual demand for all agriculture workers, would we continue to see these increases in agricultural output?
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David Valadao
Republican · California

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Valadao questions the impact of increasing temporary agricultural workers on output.

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