On the recordMarch 31, 2025
The administration is working for the billionaires. They are working for people like Elon Musk. Healthcare is a human right. Healthcare is basic. And while we are speaking about health, we have got to cheer on our Federal workers who are keeping us healthy. And there are folks in this administration who say that they want to make them the villains. That is what Russell Vought said, that ``when they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work,'' our Federal workers, ``because they are increasingly viewed,'' he said, ``as the villains.'' I have got news for Russell Vought. The people who staff our VA hospitals are not villains. The people who keep our food safe and our water clean are not villains. The people who keep our military bases operating are not villains. And so we stand with them in this moment because they are keeping all of us healthy. And so in closing--and nobody believes a Baptist preacher when he says in closing--let me say that, again, you are doing holy work here, brother, by holding this floor. You are literally holding vigil for our Nation. We are beset by the politics of fear. The scripture tells us that perfect love casts out all fear. We are witnessing, again, this ugly game, the politics of us and them.
