A comment period of only 30 days has been designated for this dramatic change in policyand I believe this is of vital interest to every Member of this body. In my district. this is of special concern to our agricultural producerssome of whom are unable to find sufficient domestic workers to harvest their crops. Under the Labor Department proposal. if implemented as planned. the fact that a grower files early in the year a request for workers under the H2 visa program would. in and of itself. trigger the application of the $4.51 minimum wage. This is regardless of whether he ever actually employs a foreign worker. Not only that. the grower would be obligated to pay at least $4.51 to al. of his domestic workers as well. since he applied for one or more alien workers.