Today in our Country, over 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck and millions are working for starvation wages.

Let us be clear, Starbucks egregious union busting campaign is not limited to Buffalo.

Unless we change the nature of the way our economy works, it is all too likely that our younger generation will have a lower standard of living than their parents.

The fundamental issue we are confronting today is whether we have a system of justice that applies to all or whether billionaires and large corporations can break the law with impunity.

As a result of that economic reality, what we are now seeing is a major increase in trade union organizing.

Starbucks has refused to sign a single first contract with the union.

Starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign in the modern history of our Country.

an administrative law judge found Starbucks guilty of, 'egregious and widespread misconduct.'

the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, has filed over 80 complaints against Starbucks for violating Federal labor law.

These workers know, as I do, that union workers earn 20 percent more on average than nonunion workers.

It is a bedrock of our democracy that the law applies to everyone, including the most powerful.

I commend the Committee for holding this hearing to show that you take seriously the rights of Starbucks workers to organize.

strong unions are a vital part of rebuilding the declining middle class in this country.

workers have a right to join a union.

if the goal is to get more people consuming fruits and vegetables, particularly those utilizing Federal assistance, then why would we limit their options

I fear deeply that if this rulemaking is put into place, that farmers, particularly small farmers all across the country, are going to be adversely impacted.

It is a safe and effective medication. We have to focus on infant formula today.

We absolutely owe it to parents and, of course, children to make sure that we do not face another crisis.