Angie Craig: “I submit an amendment regarding temporary agricultural workers. My amendment mandates an immediate General Accounting…”

“I submit an amendment regarding temporary agricultural workers. My amendment mandates an immediate General Accounting Office [GAO] study on the availability of an adequate work force for our Nation's labor intensive farm and ranch sectors. In addition, the study will review the effectiveness of the existing H-2A nonimmigrant worker program. This report will be concluded within 3 months of the agricultural appropriations bill enactment. This same amendment was supported by a bipartisan group of 10 Senators during the immigration reform legislation and accepted on an unanimous consent basis. I urge my colleagues to accept this amendment and avoid a potential agricultural labor shortage this fall.”