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Wyden Requests Information from Lear Co. Regarding Reports of Amazon Deforestation and Potential Links to Forced Labor in Supply Chains

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By: Ron Wyden
By: Ron Wyden
Date: July 25, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Employment and Affirmative Action Environment

"These ranches evade supply chain monitoring by moving cattle repeatedly over their lifetimes from illegal to legal ranches in a process known as "cattle laundering.' In addition to encouraging deforestation, illegal ranching in the Amazon drives violent land-grabs and human rights abuses, subject to weak oversight by Brazilian law enforcement, which often fails to enforce environmental and human rights laws."

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"The information I am requesting from Lear will aid the Senate Finance Committee's investigation of the effectiveness of trade-based efforts by the United States to combat forced labor and environmental abuses in the supply chains of products sold in the United States."


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