I just want to repeat what I said in my opening remarks. Nothing in the proposed rule would have applied to children working on their parents' family farm. The proposed rule maintains the parental exemption. But again, to remind everybody, the Department of Labor withdrew their proposal. We are wasting time today. I reserve the balance of my time.
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