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Austin Scott: “There had been significant rate increases that had been…”

Featuring: Austin Scott, Republican | U.S. House Georgia, District 8

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Published | Video Starts at 07:52

Labor is something that growers are very concerned about. And what are your thoughts on getting a little more stability there? As you know, when the President came in, he addressed this. There had been significant rate increases that had been detrimental to my vegetable growers in South Georgia. pushed the wage rate back to a reasonable level where our farmers can be profitable. There's some discussion, a lot of the farmers would like for us to get that passed and actually codified into law. (07:52–07:58)

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