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Republicans Push Biden To Defend Trump-Era Line Speed Waiver Rule


June 25, 2021 at 05:03 PM
House and Senate Republicans are pushing the Biden administration to appeal a federal district judge’s ruling that vacated a controversial line-speed waiver program at pork plants over worker-safety fears, arguing that allowing the waivers to end would cut the sector’s capacity and cost farmers as much as $80 million in lost sales this year.

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