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On the recordAugust 2, 2017
Mr. President, for months the American people have been gripped by the sideshow surrounding President Trump. It seems like every day another shoe drops on the Russia investigation, another White House staffer is fired, and President Trump tweets something that upends the government and causes our allies to move even further away from us. Despite all of this commotion, all of the drama, and all of the disorganization, there is one thing that Trump and the Republicans in Congress have carried out since day one with complete precision. They have carried out a comprehensive all-out assault on American workers. Day by day, week by week, month by month, President Trump and congressional Republicans have acted to undermine the safety and economic security of hardworking Americans. Just observe what they have done. On December 8, President Trump nominated Andrew Puzder, who was then CEO of fast food giants Hardee's and Carl's Jr., to lead the Department of Labor. That is right. His first major announcement affecting workers was to nominate a man who made his fortune on the backs of hard-working Americans to the top position in government charged with protecting American workers. On February 1, just days after he was inaugurated, President Trump delayed a rule protecting workers from workplace exposure to a lethal cancer-causing substance called beryllium.…
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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