Opposition to farm child-labor rule continues

 HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg says he will try to block any
funding that would go to enforce a proposed child-labor rule affecting family farms.
   U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is also opposing the rule, and says the U.S. Department
of Labor has agreed to reevaluate parts of it.
   Rehberg testified Thursday in a House hearing on the Youth Ag Rule. Rehberg
says the proposed rule pits the government against struggling farmers.
   The rules would ban children younger than 16 from using most power-driven
equipment and prevent those younger than 18 from working in feed lots, grain bins
and stockyards.
   Rehberg says that means children would be barred from working with animals
being branded or castrated. He argues parents know best when it comes to deciding
the work children do.
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