Zoe Lofgren

Bipartisan support for farm labor immigration reform ran headlong into a host of Republican complaints that the southern border must first secured during a Senate Judiciary hearing Wednesday. While both Democrats and Republicans agree that the decades-old problem must be addressed and fixed, how and in what order to do that remains a point of contention ...

Late last week, the House passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by a 247-174 vote. The legislation, sponsored by Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and California’s Zoe Lofgren gives farmworkers in the United States without legal documents a way to gain legal status, as well as reforms the H-2A program and establishes a mandatory, nationwide E-verify system for Ag employment. Newhouse ...

On Wednesday Central Washington's Dan Newhouse and California's Zoe Lofgren reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. The lawmakers says the bipartisan bill, which passed the House during last year’s Congress, aims to ensure a legal, reliable workforce for America’s farmers and ranchers. Among other pr ...

It’s been over three decades the last time Ag labor laws saw major changes in the U.S. Many had hoped that streak would come to an end after the Workforce Modernization Act Cleared the House to wrap up 2019. Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse said when the legislation was sent to the Senate for consideration supporters looked to keep up the momentum the proposal gained in the House. However, .

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act makes several needed changes to farm labor provisions, but according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, comes up short of delivering what farmers need.   “Farmers need a wage methodology out of labor reform that allows them to compete against imports coming in from Central and South America where growers there can grow, ship and sell produce to be sold on

Several agricultural groups and organizations reacted positively to the news that the House of Representatives voted in favor of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.   The National Farmers Union says the bill is the product of negotiations between a diverse array of agricultural stakeholders and farmworker advocates.  “O...

The last time major changes were made to Ag labor laws in the U.S., the New York Mets were the World Series champions.  Dan Newhouse is hopeful that 33-year drought comes to an end thanks to the Farm Workforce Modernization Act he and Zoe Lofgren introduced a few months ago.  ...

On Monday, over 300 Ag groups sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy supporting House Resolution 5038, better known as  the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.  The bipartisan legislation led by Central Washington's Dan Newhouse, Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta, both from California, as well as Idaho's Mike Simpson and Florida's Mario Diaz-Balart, addresses the

The President of the American Farm Bureau Federation is calling on Congress to create a guest worker program for agriculture.  In an editorial in the L.A. Times, Zippy Duvall said the U.S. has a farm labor shortage.   AFBF welcomed legislation recently introduced by California Democrat, U.S. Representat...

California Democrat Zoe Lofgren, is the new chair of the House Immigration Subcommittee.  She recently introduced legislation addressing the legal status of agricultural workers.  Paul Schlegel, American Farm Bureau Federation public policy managing director, says the bill provides a path to legalization for agricultural workers, as well as their spouses and minor children.   “...