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Farm Workforce Modernization Act passes House

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which passed on a 260 – 165 vote.  Below are the Speaker’s remarks:

Speaker Pelosi.  Thank you, Madam – thank you very much, Madam Speaker.  I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.  I commend her for her tremendous leadership on this important legislation, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

I join with Mr. LaMalfa, my friend, my Italian-American colleague from California, in his strong remarks for this bill.  It is bipartisan, and it is important for us to pass it.  So, I proudly join all of our colleagues and colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this bill, a historic victory for farm workers and for growers, which ensures that America can continue to feed the world…

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