Under this bill the emergency provision would be triggered when a "critical need" exists. That is what it says. critical need. A grower who has a critical need would have to wait 72 hours for the Department of Labor to make the same decision. Then additional visas must be issued and foreign workers must be located and recruited under the Department of Labor contractual agreement. Now. the Senator from Washington mentioned the sweet cherry crop splitting when it rains. You simply cannot wait 3 days to h~irvest a &ierry crop if there is an impending rainstorm because it would totally decimate the value and the usability of that crop.