Chris Deluzio: “The American people are sick and tired of powerful corporations ripping us off, junk fees, small businesses struggling…”

“The American people are sick and tired of powerful corporations ripping us off, junk fees, small businesses struggling, union busting, price gouging, bad trade deals, all of it. I am convening this Special Order hour today because I am committed to fighting back. I am here because we need to revive and restore and strengthen the American Dream for all who are willing to work for it. I know my constituents are. I know the American people want more from this body. In the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt confronted these same forces in a different time head-on, saying: ``These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power.'' Absolutely. There is no freedom if families are struggling to meet basic needs. There is no liberty if we are ruled by oligarchs. No one is going to say that profits don't matter; they do. Something else has to matter more: Our safety has to matter. Our jobs have to matter. Our communities have to matter. This country has to matter. For those things to matter, we have to break this corporate stranglehold on our economy and our country. The American economy works just great if you are a billionaire or if you are a giant corporation, but too often our system fails hardworking people. We need an economy and a government that rewards hard work, not just extreme wealth.…”