I think it would be a mistake to assume that the general perspective of nonprofits and higher ed is represented on this panel today.
Mark Pocan
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Mark William Pocan is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Pocan has focused on issues such as healthcare, poverty alleviation, and economic inequality throughout his tenure. He has been an outspoken critic of policies he views as detrimental to working families and has advocated for progressive reforms in various areas, including taxation and social services.
So, at four states we have the opportunity to give people a wage increase who work for your organization for a really small amount of money.
I think the public expects--if you read the mission, it is to make sure you are saving lives.
I know it was mentioned we feel like we are back to the 1930s. I was thinking more a little before that, the turn of a century, when workers had absolutely no rights and we did not record these sort of things, and there was no recognition…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her advocacy for every child in the District of Columbia. Mr. Speaker, last year we passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a good bill, but instead of figuring out how…
I come from Wisconsin, where recently we passed a law that made it harder for people to collectively bargain.
I guess I come to this from a little bit of an interesting perspective because I have a small union printing business, and about weekly, I get one of these mailers.





