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Ag state senators are blasting a Labor Department refusal to discuss farm labor rules

Key ag senators are blasting the Labor Department for the way it is handling a letter from 30 lawmakers on the agency's pending controversial on-farm child labor rule. We have an audio report from RFD Radio's Matt Kaye in Washington.
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Published: Feb 22, 2012


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