Mr. Chairman. Yogi Berra supposedly once said. "This seem like deja vu all over again." It certainly is true in the case of this immigration bill. except this time I am proud to have been part of the team that we believe has put together a package that will give us some clearance over the hurdles that have stopped us before during the past several years in dealing with this most significant issue. On behalf of the Committee on Agriculture on the minority side of the aisle. I can report that we have worked with this bill. that we are pleased to recommend to the full House the agricultural provisions. and let me mention them in passing. First of all. the agricultural workers programMr. PANETTA has mentioned this most eloquently. Our concern. of course. is for the production of the perishable commodities that are so important in many of our States across the United States. and making sure that there is an adequate number of people to work. since we have absolutely no idea how many illegal workers have infiltrated the supply of workers who follow the migrant path to harvest these various commodities. In order to make sure that there is an adequate number of these workers available. the compromise which we have in front of us in this bill uses the measurement of those who have worked in the past few years. That. after all. has to be the most accurate indication of what it takes to do the job.
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