GOP Senators Push for Child Labor Bills in Rare Bipartisan Move

Senate Republicans are pushing a range of new bills designed to address the growing problem of child labor violations, as US Department of Labor data show a near 50% increase in children working illegally in the US in 2023.

Several GOP senators have signed on to measures along with Democrats, from raising penalties for infractions to giving the DOL more time to halt goods made by illegal child labor.

“I think when the Department of Labor sees us, with bipartisan legislation like this, it’s a signal to them that we are watching you, we do know there’s a problem,” Sen. ...