Mr. President. I rise today to introduce the Temporary Agricultural Worker Act of 1997. I am joined by Senators CRAIG. GORTON. and ROBERTS. Our bill would create a streamlined guest worker pilot program which would allow for a reliable supply of legal. temporary. agricultural immigrant workers. Mr. President. we are facing a crisis in agriculturea crisis born of an inadequate labor supply. bureaucratic red tape. and burdensome regulations. For many years. farmers and nurserymen have struggled to hire enough legal agricultural labor to harvest their produce and plants. This issue is not new to Congress. In the past. Congress has introduced legislation to address this urgency. but no workable solution has been implemented.
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