WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2012. United States Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today sent a letter to Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requesting a hearing on the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rules for youth working in agriculture. The proposed rules would limit the ways in which youth can work on family farms and will have widespread impact on farming operations, ranches, agricultural education programs and the longstanding tradition of youth working in agriculture. The hearing would provide an important opportunity for Department officials and industry stakeholders to offer input on the proposed rules.
