We are in a -- I mean, really unspeakably horrible situation. Hamas begins the war with a terrorist attack, kills 1,300 Israelis.

This country faces so many crises. We have massive income and wealth inequality. We have a housing crisis. Our healthcare system is, you know, almost collapsing. It's broken. It's dysfunctional.

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.

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.

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.

I had seen and felt the harm of crisis and bankruptcy before. When COVID hit our union was not about to sit back and allow it to destroy lives again.

60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck.

Unions shouldn't need the PRO Act to open workers to forced or coerced unionization by banning right to work laws in States like Louisiana.

It's simple. As a country, we can choose to collectively encourage the growth of good union jobs that pay family sustaining wages and allow those good jobs to set the standard for competition within an industry or we can continue to allow…

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

No, no, sit down. You're a United States senator. Sit down, please.

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

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.

Look, what we are dealing with today, and Senator Lujan made this point and others have made the point, is some people have extraordinary wealth and extraordinary power.

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

Which side are you on?

If we're going to rebuild a disappearing middle class workers should be joining unions and taking on large corporations who are making record breaking profits.

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.