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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Nov 13, 2023

The more of these inputs we have to put in, the herbicides, pesticides, and so on, the more it challenges the soil health, is what I understand.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Nov 13, 2023

Time is wasting and we have a sketchy situation over there on the other side of the building so we better get to work pretty quickly to get that five-year farm bill passed.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

When you go to work at UPS as a Teamster, you get the highest wages in the industry, you get a pension, you get real protections on the job, and you get a fully paid health care plan that's better than the one I have as General President…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

Over $50 trillion in wealth has gone from the bottom 90 percent to the top 1 percent.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

It is essential, that right to organize is essential to building an economy that works for all Americans.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

If that is true, then they don't need the PRO Act to eliminate secret ballot union elections, which could expose workers to retaliation and intimidation.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

Unions are necessary for a stable economy, our safety, our security, and our democracy.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

I have said over and over again in Democratic caucus on media, that if the Democrats want to do well in 2024, they have got to make it clear which side they are on.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

We have more income and wealth inequality than any time since the Gilded Age.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

The right to form a union and collectively bargain is federally guaranteed, and ensuring its protection is of the utmost importance.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

It is absolutely essential that we pass legislation like the PRO Act, to make it easier for workers to organize.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

The title of our hearing this morning is, Standing Up Against Corporate Greed, How Unions Are Improving the Lives of Working Families.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

Three people have more wealth than the bottom half of American society, 165 million Americans today.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

We have got to make it clear that we are prepared to stand with the working class of this country and take on the corporate greed, which has been so very destructive.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

But if the benefits of joining a union are so good, then there is no reason union should have to coerce or strong arm people to join.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 13, 2023

Congress must pass S. 567, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023.

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