to washington dc to talk to one of the biggest lobbies for agricultural interests, the american farm bureau federation. spending close to $6 million on lobbying for agriculture in one year, it's a major player keeping government regulation off of farms and big agro businesses. i'm meeting kristi boswell, the director of congressional relations. she works on labor and immigration. >> why is it that agriculture is the only industry that needs an exemption to the minimum age requirements? >> frankly it's the nature of our industry. this is a way of life. this is not a job. it is not a task. and i have the passion for agriculture because i was able to feed a bottle calf when i was a child and help my dad with field work. it is a different type of industry. >> how different is the experience of someone who is working legally on the farm at a young age, like 12, 13, 14 year old. how different is their experience than say, your experience where it was your parents' farm? >> 12, 13, 14 year old are not legally working. >> yeah, because the minimum age is 12, right? >> 16. it's 16 unless for a famil

why according to the california farm bureau's most recent survey, over 70% of growers who deal with labor-intensive crops like strawberries say they struggle to find enough people to do the work. last year, because of weather, harvesting? >> right. >> how were you able to get workers in to do the job? >> we couldn't because the crop came on so quick in march and april, we were about 50% short of our labor needs. >> what did that cost? >> it ranged anywhere from 10 to $15,000 per acre lost. >> grape growers are worried about shortages. he says that's why some have invested in the development of this automated grapevine pruner. >> this is snippy. >> sniff fy? >> he is one of a crimed but we are hoping to change that. >> yeah. >> he was testing this prototype out on a vine yard in san joaquin county. right now, it's made up of off-the-shelf parts. it's dest i need for production. >> there are three computers, two back here, one above each front. >> pruning grape vines, especially vines like these with gapes dest i need for high-quality wines is a precision on job typically done by hand. >> it take int

that's the oklahoma farm bureau that is speaking. me express my concern with the epa's just announced regulations for existing plants. and we understood on new plants that was a little bit different. that was very, very costly. but existing would even be more so. the figures that we have is that we require power plants around the country to reduce their greenhouse emissions by 30% to 2,000 five levels. now, we have done our own study for a long period of time going all the way back to right after kyoto was never submitted for ratification and found that the cost of that, and this comes from wharton school, m.i.t., comes from charles rivers associate is between $300 billion and $400 billion a year. that would be the largest tax increase in history. we know the chamber's come out with the amount of money it's going to cost in jobs and all of that. now for decades the environmental left has pushed to enact, and again congress has rejected. now we've tried, we've had this before congress now, about 12 times, it has been rejected every si

that's the oklahoma farm bureau that is speaking. regulations for existing plants. and we understood on new plants that was a little bit different. that was very, very costly. but existing would even be more so. the figures that we have is that we require power plants around the country to reduce their greenhouse emissions by 30% to 2005 levels. now, we have done our own study for a long period of time going all the way back to right after kyoto was never submitted for ratification and found that the cost of that, and this comes from wharton school, m.i.t., comes from charles rivers associate is between $300 billion and $400 billion a year. that would be the largest tax increase in history. we know the chamber's come out with the amount of money it's going to cost in jobs and all of that. now for decades the environmental left has pushed to enact, and again congress has rejected. now we've tried, we've had this before congress now, about 12 times, it has been rejected every single time. and each time by a larger margin. the first one was 2003. that was the mccain li

he's president of the oklahoma farm bureau. he told me just yesterday, and this is his quote, they'll have a devastating effect if these regulations go into effect on the farmer's of rural oklahoma. it will be our number one concern and number one issue. that's the oklahoma farm bureau that is speaking. let me express my concern with the epa's just announced regulations for existing plants, and we understood on new plants, that was a little bit different. that was very, very costly, but existing would be even more so. the figures we have is it would require power plants around the country to reduce their greenhouse emissions by 30% to 2005 levels. we have done our own study for a long period of time going all the way back to right after kyoto was never submitted for ratification and found the cost of it, and this comes from wharton school, comes from mit, kols from charles rivers associate, is between $300 billion and $400 millibillion a. that would be the largest tax increase in history. we know the chamber has come out with t

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that's why my legislation is endorsed bid american farm bureau as well as the american land rights association. and it's because they know how devastating this rule is to farmers, to ranchers, to ohm owners and other -- to homeowners and other small businesses. despite what this administration may say and has said about providing flexibility -- they use the that word -- the farmerd ranchers of america are not deceived. they will not be misled by this the administration. according to the june edition of the publication "national cattlemen," an article entitled "e.p.a. adds exemption for waters of the united states" -- and let me point out that the "national cattlemen," it is the defensivtrusted voice and define voice of the beef industry." what that front page article says is that although agriculture imemtion exemptionse briefly included, they don't come close to meeting the needs of the cattlemen and women across the country. the president of the national cattlemen's beef association stated in the acialtion "for example, wet spots are areas in the pasture that have standing water. under this

the farm bureau recently stated this practice makes it difficult for farmers and ranchers to plan and adds immense confusion and complexity to the tax code. it's time to make section 179 permanent at an expensing level of $500,000, so american farmers , ranchers, and small businesses can invest in new equipment, grow their businesses, and plan for the future. sure, house democrats, many who have sponsored this legislation before, are now demanding we pay for an extension of these policies. despite voting year after year to extend these job creating policies without being paid for. frankly, the millions of americans searching for jobs or a few extra dollars in their paychecks, know that pro-growth policies like this pay for itself in the form of new investments, new jobs, and higher wages. i think we can all agree this is the right policy. we should set the rhetoric aside so we can have an america that workers with a strong and vibrant economy. by supporting permanent policies, washington can promote certainty for american businesses and generate additional economic growth. we have bec

chamber of commerce, for the american farm bureau, because they have clearly identified a broken immigrationystem as one of the reasons why they are having trouble finding people to go out there and milk the cows and pick the crops in areas of hospitality, the systems that we have in place are broken. u.s. chamber -- and i spoke before my chamber of commerce in southeastern connecticut about 10 days ago, and was asked repeatedly about when is the house leadership going to bring us the bipartisan senate immigration bill. and clearly what happened last night does not order well for people in the business community , the agriculture community, the roman catholic church, which organized a pro-immigration roundtable in my district a few days ago, faith-based groups who have been sort of hoping that speaker boehner and mr. cantor were going to at least allow a vote to take place on this. i think they're going to really have to pause and say wait a minute, is this caucus, is this political institution, the national republican party, one that is prepared to work with people who care about trying to

joining me is stephanie smallhouse, vice president of the arizona farm bureau. >> thank you so much for having me. >> the epa is saying no big deal. this isn't going to affect anybody. this is a minor little move that will end up making a big difference. what is your response to that? >> well, as they say, the devil is in the details, as usual. i'm a mom. i want clean water for my kids just like every mom. i don't have anything against the clean water act. but i have a problem with the epa expanding the intent of the clean water act to include the dry wash next to my house. so the expansion in this new rule will basically cover every wash, irrigation ditch, canal, pond, anything on my ranch or my farm that was not covered before, which means i'll have to get a permit basically to farm. >> if you could just explain to us a little bit about your farm. it's six generations deep. i believe it's a family land here. what does this water mean to your family and what is, in your mind, the government trying to do? >> well, to my family, i have we have to have water to gr

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