Speaker, I represent the central coast of
California, known to many of my colleagues as the salad bowl of the
world. It is where agriculture is the number one industry, and it is
where the farm labor movement was partially founded. Now, as many Republicans and Democrats know, in agriculture,
undocumented farmworkers do a majority of the labor-intensive work
needed to put food on our dinner tables. That is why I am a cosponsor
of H.R. 2690, the Agricultural Worker Program Act, also known as the
``Blue Card'' bill. This bill would provide a majority of our farmworkers with a path to
legal permanent residence.
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