September 26, 2012
Congressman Bill Owens Announces the “Family Farm Relief Act”
Last week, Congressman Owens introduced the “Family Farm Relief Act,” H.R. 6373, in coordination with a bipartisan group of New York Congressmen. Owens joined as an original co-sponsor of the bill to improve the H-2A visa program used by family farms in New York State. The bill would transfer oversight of the current H-2A farm worker program from the Department of Labor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and make a series of reforms to improve the program for producers that rely on it ... Read More >
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