Op-ed: Now is the time to reform our agricultural labor laws
House but could not get through the Senate. New legislation was needed to ensure the H-2A program
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House but could not get through the Senate. New legislation was needed to ensure the H-2A program
Michael Bennet, D-Colo., in the Senate. We’re glad to report the bill has already passed … Senate with unanimous support. This is the clearest sign yet of the importance of the program
will provide a menu of options for the Senate to design a comprehensive, bipartisan package for permitting reform
Believe the Senate Must Reject the SAVE America Act The Nation Polling consistently shows that Americans’ top concern … Republicans in Congress, who control the House and Senate and are facing abysmal polling, would be focused
everyone in Washington shares that urgency. Arizona’s Senators, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, have not only failed … pattern for both of our US Senators. Federal employees across our state, including many in southern Arizona
exactly why I am also calling on the Senate, including our two Georgia Senators, to pass the SAVE
efforts. This includes conversations like the ones Senator Ricketts and I had with biofuel producers and stakeholders … that front. For the first time, House and Senate leadership, along with President Trump, have publicly supported nationwide
approved without the threat of a U.S. Senate filibuster. But Trump has already rejected the idea, leaving
obligation to do better, which is why Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc
passed the House in March 2025, but the Senate has not considered it yet. This week, I joined … fellow House members to urge the Senate to take up this legislation. Several states, including South Dakota, have
Resources Committee . The bill has already passed the Senate, where Senator Thune is the sponsor. I’m hopeful
forward to working with my colleagues in the Senate to move this legislation swiftly to the president
venerable Sen. Orrin Hatch took to the Senate floor to thunder against the Ayatollah for seeking to plunge
generations to come and for the leadership of Senators Rounds and Thune who helped get this bill across
look forward to seeing it pass through the Senate in the new year. House Republicans also worked together
seeing the SPEED Act move quickly through the Senate so that we can get this bill signed into
mission is now accomplished. The U.S. House and Senate passed H.J. Res. 105 , my resolution to repeal this
receiving unanimous support in both the House and Senate. The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site … bill with my provision now heads to the Senate. I’m hopeful it passes and gets signed into
utilizing for generations. Last year, I worked with Senator Fischer to introduce and pass legislation to transfer this … brought forward major issues over the years. Our senators have also been great partners working together on many
these out of the final bill in the Senate. These reforms are a good starting point. Importantly
first Tribal woman elected to the Oklahoma State Senate. My mother, as well as so many others, made
following day, the House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed agreement which will reopen the federal government through
administration through Sept. 30, 2025. At that time, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and 10 Democratic senators joined … White House. The answer is the Senate filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. Republicans
Beautiful Bill, that then passed the Senate and was signed into law. Within it were several legislative wins … Arkansas delegation colleagues in the House and Senate and the Governor’s office to provide extra support during
point Democrat lead . And let’s not forget, Senator Chuck Schumer engineered a record-breaking federal government shutdown