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Updated 4:16 p.m. ETLongtime Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, described migrant farm workers as wetbacks in a radio interview Tuesday, later explaining that it was a term used during his childhood and he meant no disrespect. In the interview with KRBD, the 79-year-old stanley taza Young spoke about how machines are changing the economy and the labor force, recalling, I used to own - my father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. stanley cups You know it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It s all done by machine. stanley cup becher The term wetback is used pejoratively to describe Mexican and Central American immigrants who wade across the Rio Grande river along the U.S.-Mexico border to enter America.In statement released by his office after the interview garnered publicity, Young, who has represented Alaska in Congress since 1973, explained, During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used a term that was commonly used during my days growing up on a farm in Central California. I know that this term is not used in the same way nowadays, and I meant no disrespect. Migrant workers play an important role in America s workforce, he added, and earlier in the said interview, I discussed the compassion and understanding I have for these workers and the hurdles they face in obtaining citizenship. America must once and for all tackle the issue of immigration reform. How ruling on same-sex benefits could impact u Hmmy Lawsuit: Fox News made up part of story about slain DNC staffer
5339106The White House is slamming a report from the insurance industry that claims a health care bill in the Senate will raise health care costs over time. This is a distorted and flawed report from the insurance industry and cannot be taken seriously, White House spokesman Reid Cherlin said Monday. Late Sunday, the industry trade group America stanley water jug s Health Insurance Plans sent its member companies a new study claiming the health care bill before the Senate Finance Committee would increase the cost of a typical policy by hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars a year. The committee is scheduled to vote on the bill on Tuesday. Supporters of Democrats health care plans, however, have pounced on the report for its methodology. A spokesman for the Finance Committee said the study is seriously flawed because it doesn t take into account elements of the plan that would lower costs, tax credits to help people buy private insurance.The White House agreed and suggested the insurance industry s report is simply self-serving. This so-called analysis appears on the eve of a vote that may eat into the insurance industry s profits, Cherlin said. It conveniently ignores critical policies that will lower costs for those who have insurance, expan stanley cup d coverage and provide affordable healt stanley cup h insurance options to millions of Americans who are priced out of today s health insurance market or are locked out by unfair insurance company practices. He
Updated 4:16 p.m. ETLongtime Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, described migrant farm workers as wetbacks in a radio interview Tuesday, later explaining that it was a term used during his childhood and he meant no disrespect. In the interview with KRBD, the 79-year-old stanley taza Young spoke about how machines are changing the economy and the labor force, recalling, I used to own - my father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. stanley cups You know it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It s all done by machine. stanley cup becher The term wetback is used pejoratively to describe Mexican and Central American immigrants who wade across the Rio Grande river along the U.S.-Mexico border to enter America.In statement released by his office after the interview garnered publicity, Young, who has represented Alaska in Congress since 1973, explained, During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used a term that was commonly used during my days growing up on a farm in Central California. I know that this term is not used in the same way nowadays, and I meant no disrespect. Migrant workers play an important role in America s workforce, he added, and earlier in the said interview, I discussed the compassion and understanding I have for these workers and the hurdles they face in obtaining citizenship. America must once and for all tackle the issue of immigration reform. How ruling on same-sex benefits could impact u Hmmy Lawsuit: Fox News made up part of story about slain DNC staffer
5339106The White House is slamming a report from the insurance industry that claims a health care bill in the Senate will raise health care costs over time. This is a distorted and flawed report from the insurance industry and cannot be taken seriously, White House spokesman Reid Cherlin said Monday. Late Sunday, the industry trade group America stanley water jug s Health Insurance Plans sent its member companies a new study claiming the health care bill before the Senate Finance Committee would increase the cost of a typical policy by hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars a year. The committee is scheduled to vote on the bill on Tuesday. Supporters of Democrats health care plans, however, have pounced on the report for its methodology. A spokesman for the Finance Committee said the study is seriously flawed because it doesn t take into account elements of the plan that would lower costs, tax credits to help people buy private insurance.The White House agreed and suggested the insurance industry s report is simply self-serving. This so-called analysis appears on the eve of a vote that may eat into the insurance industry s profits, Cherlin said. It conveniently ignores critical policies that will lower costs for those who have insurance, expan stanley cup d coverage and provide affordable healt stanley cup h insurance options to millions of Americans who are priced out of today s health insurance market or are locked out by unfair insurance company practices. He
