House Ag Committee Announces Bipartisan Working Group Tackling Agriculture Workforce Challenges

On June 21, House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson (PA-15) and Ranking Member David Scott (GA-13) released a joint statement after announcing the formation of the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group, focusing on the workforce issues faced by the nation’s agricultural producers.

“The Committee on Agriculture has heard loud and clear from producers across the nation that one of the biggest challenges confronting the agriculture industry is a lack of reliable labor,” the statement reads. “This is a complex problem that deserves the focused attention of the Members who hear from producers every day rather than the partisan grandstanding that has plagued these efforts in the past.”

For more information on the working group, including the full statement, view the Committee’s press release.