High Country Times

WASHINGTON – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has criticized the Biden administration's final rule affecting the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program. Foxx stated, “Another rule, another Big Labor giveaway—what a shock. The Department of Labor (DOL) isn’t allowed to interfere in labor-management relations. But statutes, the rule of law, even the Constitution, are rarely followed by this administration. So, it’s no surprise the administration is inappropriately using the H-2A program to advance Big Labor’s agenda."

Foxx also expressed concerns about the changes in the final rule, saying, “Other disturbing changes include making it more difficult to remove a worker endangering worker safety or disrupting farm operations and eliminating the 14-day payroll adjustment period that farmers and ranchers say will make the program impossible to carry out. Instead of reforming this program’s extensive requirements to make it more usable and efficient, Biden’s rule doubles down on onerous and overly burdensome regulations."

In her statement, Foxx highlighted the impact of the rule on farmers, stating, “Burying farmers in red tape when they should be burying seeds to produce food Americans depend on is absurd." She criticized the overall effect of Biden's regulations, claiming, “The wave of Biden regulations continues, and the pattern is clear: they hurt workers, job creators, and taxpayers. DOL should rescind this harmful rule and go back to the drawing board."