Speaker. let me begin by thanking Chairman GOODLING for allowing me the opportunity to address the House in support of H.R. 1715. a bill to overturn the Supreme Courts decision in Adams Fruit versus Barrett. And I also want to thank you for all your hard work and dedication in bringing this measure before us today. Mr. Chairman. in 1990 the Supreme Court. in handing down the Adams Fruit decision. held that injured farmworkers may bring a private right of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. This was allowed Seven though the workers had already received workers compensation benefits for those same injuries. The implications of this decision have been quite troubling.