Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090135601

I simply say to my friend from Massachusetts. I hear what the Senator is saying relative to the numbers the Senator just addressed. but here is what you are doing. You are taking 40.000 agricultural employees who now operate under H2A and you are reducing their wages immediately. The chart Senator CRAIG had up here Thursday night showed what the numbers are. I dont remember what they are. but it is a significant reduction because you are rolling that wage back to what it was 4 years ago. Now. that is 40.000 agricultural workers. Here is what you are doing to 1.5 million agricultural workers under your bill. You are going to allow farmers across America who do not participate In H2A to pay those blue card workers $5.15 an hour. We can argue whether minimum wage is high enough. whether it ought to be more. but that Is the effect of what you are doing with your blue card workers. So if the $7 number is good enough for H2A or not good enough for H2A. whatever it is. it ought to be good for those 1.5 million workers who will have a blue card. That is what fairness .in my amendment is all about. When Senator CRAIG says lets get It right. lets do get it right.
Keywords matched
H2A

Classification

Target group
None Specific
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAXBY CHAMBLISS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
GA
Gender
M
Date
2006-05-19
Speech ID
1090135601
Paragraph
#0
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