Mr. Chairman. I rise in strong support of the MorrisonPanetta amendment. Mr. Chairman. I strongly urge support for the MorrisonPanetta amendment that would create a seasonal foreign worker program that addresses the needs of growers of perishable commodities. If immigration reform legislation passes in its current form. without providing a legal mechanism through which growers can have an adequate supply of foreign labor. when and in the amount needed. thousands of growers of perishable crops throughout this Nation. including hundreds of fruit growers in Hood River and Medford. OR. will face economic disaster. Their problem is a simple one. Without a sufficient number of domestic workers. they cannot harvest highly perishable crops in time to save them from rotting.
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