Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I stand as an original cosponsor of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Agricultural workers are crucial to our economy and this bill would establish a legal and reliable farm workforce. I support this bill because it recognizes the humanity of farmworkers and their families. This is personal to me. I grew up poor picking cotton in the fields of South Texas. I can testify firsthand about the incredibly hard, back breaking work farm workers do, especially in the heart of South Texas. Not much has changed since I worked in the fields. This bill is long overdue and would provide farm workers with important worker protections and legal rights that they desperately need. Texas is home to nearly 250,000 farms and the need for a strong agricultural workforce is vital. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution 758, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further consideration of H.R. 5038 is postponed. ____________________”