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“The Department of Labor’s decision to delay a finding on the farm labor overtime threshold to allow for a new slate of public hearings is a sound one, in light of the fact that more than a year and a half has passed since the last round of hearings and a state-commissioned study by Cornell University was released just a week ago. A decision with such far-reaching and potentially devastating consequences deserves the full and vigorous review that only a public forum can provide.
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, continues to call on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats to abandon their reckless tax and spending spree that leaves hardworking Arkansas agriculture producers to foot the bill.
“These payfors would be devastating to American agriculture,” Boozman said about the plans that would burden farmers and ranchers.
Boozman has been leading the fight against tax code changes proposed by the White House to pay for a wish list of partisan priorities. The senator highlighted an analysis by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University that shows the president’s proposed inheritance tax changes would impact family farms and ranches. Researchers found that nearly 98 percent of family farms surveyed would be hit with an additional tax liability of more than $720,000.