Bernie Sanders

Today, the oligarchs and the billionaire class are getting richer and richer and have more and more power.

The change that we have experienced over hundreds of years of our nationhood only occurs when ordinary people stand up against oppression and injustice and fight back.

We're up against a phenomenon that we have never seen, and that is the Big Lie.

Instead of a government of the people, by the people and for the people, we have now become a government of the billionaire class, for the billionaire class.

We have an administration that is leading us to oligarchy, an administration that is leading us to an authoritarian form of society, an administration that is leading us towards kleptocracy.

The level of inequality is unsustainable

The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is not just an economic issue, it is literally a matter of life and death.

Deliberately designed to be addictive.

Politicians like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have been talking about for years

The interests of different classes diverge, building resentment between them

The hoarding of wealth is already having an impact on our government

The most important voice in the anti-Trumpist resistance.

That will mean higher local and state taxes to fill the void.

So if we are serious... about our oversight responsibilities, we must find out what is going on in the federal government.

My constituents in Vermont and constituents all over this country want to know what the hell is going on with the federal government right now.

Mr. Musk has taken it upon himself, with the support of President Trump, to virtually dismantle the United States government.

We must find out what is going on in the federal government. And the way we do that is bringing Mr. Musk before this committee.

I think everybody on this committee and the people of America understand who is running the government, and it's not going to be the secretary of labor.

Trump wants to fire 83k VA workers, many of whom are veterans themselves, decimating the VA.

These cuts will make it harder for veterans to get health care and benefits.

Supporting the immediate reinstatement of Member Wilcox and the swift passage of the PRO Act would be major steps toward building real worker power.

Congress has an urgent responsibility to ensure that workers can join a union and negotiate for higher pay, better benefits, and safer workplaces.

However, the billionaire class is fighting with all its might to put down attempts by workers to exercise their constitutional right to unionize.

Never before in the history of our nation have income and wealth inequality been greater than today.

The PRO Act is long overdue and I am proud to be introducing this bill.