Apr 25, 2012 ... A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm  chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members ...
May 10, 2012 ... Kelly Ayotte said the Obama administration has hampered economic ... In August,  the Department of Labor proposed revisions to child labor rules that ... task, even  hazardous tasks, at any age on a farm owned or operated by the parent. ...  working-age kids from doing relatively safe chores — shoveling hay, ...
Apr 27, 2012 ... “The Obama administration is firmly committed to promoting family ... Although  family farms were actually exempted from the proposed ... White House wanted to  keep children from doing even small chores. ... Although the rules would not  actually have banned minors from doing family farm work — in fact, ...
A proposed new rule from the Obama Administration would ban children under  18 from any farm work which involves the “storing, marketing, and transporting of  ...
Apr 27, 2012 ... The Labor Department withdrew a proposed rule Thursday that would have  limited the work that children can perform on farms. The proposal ...
The Obama administration "even proposed banning farm kids from doing basic chores!"