Huizenga Leads Bipartisan Charge to Save Family Farms From Costly Price Hikes in 2024
January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024:
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) was joined by 74 of his colleagues on a bipartisan letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in an upcoming spending package. The "Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)," or the required wage that farm employers must pay H-2A workers more than doubled since 2005, making agricultu . . .
Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) was joined by 74 of his colleagues on a bipartisan letter to House and Senate appropriations leaders requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in an upcoming spending package. The "Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)," or the required wage that farm employers must pay H-2A workers more than doubled since 2005, making agricultu . . .