{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/moolenaar-secretary-sus-policies-hurting-michigan-farmers", "Moolenaar: Secretary Su\u2019s Policies Hurting Michigan Farmers", "2024-10-17", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "House", "MI", "John R. Moolenaar", "M001194", "moolenaar.house.gov", "moolenaar", "https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Julie Su, the Acting Secretary of Labor the for the Biden-Harris administration, is expected to be in Michigan. Her policies have hurt Michigan farmers by mandating unsustainable wages for farm workers, known as the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR). This year, under Acting Secretary Su's direction, the AEWR in Michigan was raised to $18.50 per hour, the fourth highest rate in the nation.\n\n\"Many Michigan farmers are on the brink of bankruptcy because of the failed leadership of the Biden-Harris administration and Acting Secretary Su. I have met with fifth and sixth-generation farmers who fear that unless something changes, they will be the last in their family to farm. President Biden, Vice President Harris and Acting Secretary Su's policies are responsible for this hardship, and my bipartisan Supporting Farm Operations Act would help provide Michigan farmers overdue relief,\" said Congressman John Moolenaar.\n\nLast month, the Protect Our Product coalition had an event with Moolenaar to discuss the high labor costs of the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s policies. The Michigan Farm News reported:\n\n\u201cFor the Kropfs, phasing out older varieties of apples on 25 acres carries a replanting cost of around $1 million. It\u2019s money the couple said they won\u2019t have if labor costs under the H-2A program continue to increase. \u201cThis money has to come from somewhere, and the price of the product has been relatively consistent, if not dropping,\u201d Chris Kropf said. \u201cWe have to control our labor costs \u2014 at all costs.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/moolenaar-secretary-sus-policies-hurting-michigan-farmers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9244570285081863, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}