Session #96 · 1979–81

Speech #960305896

For example. in 1975. the Department of Labor said that anyone with a custom combine. a hayharvesting or sheepshearing operation must register as a farm labor contractor. It was clear to us on the Agriculture Committee that those engaged in custom combining. hay harvesting. or sheep shearing were not farm labor contractors. Neither were they migrant workers. In early 1976. the Congress adopted an amendment that specifically said the term "farm labor contractor" shall not include "any custom combine. hay harvesting. or sheep shearing operation." Then in 1976. the Labor Department tried to say that anyone engaged in a custom poultry harvesting. breeding. debeaking. sexing. or health service operation is a farm labor contractor. Again. it was clear to us in the Agriculture Committee that those persons were neither farm labor contractors nor migrant workers. and Congress had to adopt an amendment to specifically say that they are not covered by the term "farm labor contractor." Yet a third time. in 1978. the Labor Department said that students and other young persons engaged in detasseling and roguing hybrid seed corn or sorghum are migrant workers and that the persons involved in organizing them or transporting them are farm labor contractors. Yet again. the Agriculture Committee recognized that that was not the case. and for the third time. Congress adopted an amendment to specifically say so.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
KEITH SEBELIUS
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
KS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
960305896
Paragraph
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