Starting with the H2A program. Our secretary of Labor, Chavez Duramer and I have been working on this issue since the beginning of the administration. The Department of Labor issued their interim final rule to change the methodology to establish the adverse effect wage rate for H2A program delivering much needed relief. to many of you across this great country. This change will save our farmers over $2 billion in labor costs alone every single year. $2 billion alone. (19:45–20:00)
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Asserts that a new rule was issued to change wage rate methodology for the H2A program.
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