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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 5, 2025

Sadly another example of blatant disrespect for the law.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

So if we are serious... about our oversight responsibilities, we must find out what is going on in the federal government.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Mr. Musk has taken it upon himself, with the support of President Trump, to virtually dismantle the United States government.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

I think everybody on this committee and the people of America understand who is running the government, and it's not going to be the secretary of labor.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

The cuts will make it harder for veterans to get health care and benefits.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Congress has an urgent responsibility to ensure that workers can join a union and negotiate for higher pay, better benefits, and safer workplaces.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Supporting the immediate reinstatement of Member Wilcox and the swift passage of the PRO Act would be major steps toward building real worker power.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Never before in the history of our nation have income and wealth inequality been greater than today.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

These cuts will make it harder for veterans to get health care and benefits.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Mar 5, 2025

sadly another example of blatant disrespect for the law.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

However, the billionaire class is fighting with all its might to put down attempts by workers to exercise their constitutional right to unionize.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

The PRO Act is long overdue and I am proud to be introducing this bill.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks. That is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 5, 2025

I did not hear one word from Trump tonight about the economic reality facing 60 percent of our people [who live paycheck to paycheck], or the enormous stress that they are living under.

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Don Johnson
@donjohnson· Democratic · GA· Mar 5, 2025

The VA needs improvement, but reckless cuts are not the answer. Veterans should not bear the brunt of mismanagement.

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Bobby Scott
@bobbyscott· Democratic · VA· Mar 5, 2025

The PRO Act is the most critical step Congress can take to uplift American workers.

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John Ratcliffe
@johnratcliffe· Republican · TX· Mar 5, 2025

The pause that allowed that to happen, I think will go away, and I think we'll work shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine.

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