"The problem that comes then is for the man and the woman that is getting up there every day and going to work... It is pretty frustrating for them to see somebody who maybe loses their job or doesn't go to work because they fail a drug test, to see them getting benefits."
"We believe it is important to provide fair wages for agricultural workers yet this law was not intended for use with regards to fresh fruits and vegetables which perish more easily than a manufactured..."
"Let me be clear, neither I nor anyone else on this Committee condones violations in regard to the Fair Labor Standards Act in any way."
"To be clear, the Labor Department has authority to compel specialty crop producers and packers to reimburse workers when wages fall short of the minimum wage requirement WITHOUT using the hot goods pr..."
"The issue we will discuss today is the Department of Labor's abuse of this discretion when applying the hot goods provision to perishable agricultural commodities."
"If we just do the math, simple math that comes out to 125 years."
"I would not be surprised if Ranking Member Schrader and I have already been vilified in social media for even having the audacity to talk about the benefits of biotechnology to our agricultural sector..."
"The purpose of today's hearing of the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture is to consider the many benefits we as a society have realized through technologica..."
"I find it somewhat ironic that those very people that seem to be most concerned about climate change seem to be against one of the major tools we can use to actually combat some of the deleterious eff..."
"My biggest worry is that under the guise of trying to inform the consumer, we actually misinform the consumer."
"I don't see that issue here with the USDA, and I just wonder what your opinion is of the collaboration between the USDA, your industry, and do you really think in Congress there is a role for us to pl..."