Pat Roberts: “I think it's important that those hospitals not be jeopardized, or the care they deliver be cut off from citizens around…”

I call this hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to order.

Over the past year, President Trump, as we've seen it, has broken promise after promise to our workers and made it easier for corporations to put workers' lives and safety at risk.

Unions and collective bargaining helped create in our country the middle class and helped millions of families become economically secure today.

Show me a nation that cannot feed itself, and I'll show you a nation in chaos.