Unfortunately. there were objections from the Bush administration and the authors of the bill now pending. so I have worked with the managers of this bill to craft this compromise. This modification would enable dairy farmers to have multiple avenues to employ legal workers in the future. First. under the H2A program. dairy farmers would have the ability to hire workers for a 3year period after which time the workers would return home. Second. this amendment would refine the H2A program to allow dairy farmers to more easily obtain workers under the normal H2A time frame of 10month work periods. In combination with available opportunities under the Y visa program. these changes should provide significant opportunities for Americas dairy farmers to obtain future legal workers to meet their needs. I urge support for this modified amendment to ensure that essential changes for dairy farmers become part of this legislation. Madam President. 1 thank the Senator from Texas for his courtesy.
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