Access all press releases and editorials by visiting the Press Shop . The stopover is the Vice President's first official visit to the Gem State since the November election. Governor Kempthorne said the Vice President plans a stop for a fire briefing at the National Interagency Fire Center for an update on the summer fire season. His visit is another significant indication that Idaho has a valuable ally in the White House. We want and need a stable, predictable, legal work force in American agriculture.
Consumers deserve a safe, stable, domestic food supply.
American citizens and taxpayers deserve secure borders and a government that works. Yet Americans are being threatened on all these counts, because of a growing labor shortage in agriculture, while the only program currently in place to respond, the H-2A Guest Worker Program, is profoundly broken. The problem is only growing worse. Our farm workers need this reform bill. And they will be, for the foreseeable future.