Rep. Blumenauer Leads Ways and Means Lawmakers in Urging Biden Administration to Address Reports of Forced Labor in Sugarcane Fields in the Dominican Republic
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022:
U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today led Committee lawmakers in urging the Biden administration to formally review and investigate disturbing reports detailing the conditions under which sugarcane workers of Haitian and Haitian-Dominican descent continue to live and labor to produce sugar for U.S. consumption . . .
U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, today led Committee lawmakers in urging the Biden administration to formally review and investigate disturbing reports detailing the conditions under which sugarcane workers of Haitian and Haitian-Dominican descent continue to live and labor to produce sugar for U.S. consumption . . .