I now have a bill that would cut the standard workweek in the United States from 40 hours to 32 for the same amount of pay.
U.S. workers deserve a break. It's time for a 32-hour working week.
To suggest that we have to maintain what we put in place 84 years ago does not make a lot of sense to me.
We are living in a difficult moment in American history.
We have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had before.
The fact that so many people are going to work exhausted, physically and mentally.
It is quite probable that Senator Sanders' approach could have a number of adverse consequences.
We have got to start asking some fundamental questions.
Who is going to act to fix this epidemic of lives dominated by work? Are the employers going to act? Will Congress act?
Senator Sanders' proposal would require an employer to establish a new wage structure for all employees.
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