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$2,400 is something that will help.

Many, many people are furious at the health insurance companies who make huge profits denying them and their families the healthcare that they desperately need.

I condemn it wholeheartedly. It was a terrible act.

Now I know in a world here in Washington, where the government is now run by billionaires, $2,400 doesn't seem like a whole lot of money.

Instead of cutting Social Security and giving tax breaks to billionaires, Congress must expand Social Security so that every senior in America can retire with the dignity and the respect that he or she deserves.

Mr. Chairman, I respectfully request that this committee bring Elon Musk before this committee so that we can really hear what’s going on with the government.

If you want to discuss policies in the Department of Labor, let’s bring in the real secretary.

These oligarchs are not only happy to have huge amounts of money. They want more.

That is a very troubling response because the studies are there.

Does anyone here really think that any Secretary of Labor, any Secretary of Education, is going to make decisions by himself or herself?

The most important point of this hearing is, let me be very clear: Today, we are not voting on who the next Secretary of Labor is.

Slowing down and pausing to see what the consequences are, even if they are unintended consequences, is important to do.

The President is to see that the laws are faithfully executed.

That reminds me of the King of France. You know, I am the law.

Nobody elected him. We don't even know what his status is.

The implication of that is that Elon Musk decides what we are going to fund and what we aren't. And that's really what worries me about what's going on.

We need to elect a U.S. House and a U.S. Senate that will prioritize the needs of the working people in this country.

NO to oligarchy, NO to authoritarianism, NO to kleptocracy, NO to massive cuts in programs that working people desperately need, NO to huge tax breaks for the richest people in our country.