Members of Congress and Americans can disagree politically and philosophically as to where we may want to go in the years to come, but it’s imperative that we acknowledge the reality of today – and not run away from it. And that’s the purpose of my remarks tonight and the kind of discussion I hope to stimulate. Well, if you thought that – you would be wrong.įor a wide variety of reasons, having to do with money in politics and corporate ownership of the media, these are topics that are far too rarely discussed. Now you might think that these very basic questions are discussed often on the floor of the Senate or in the House of Representatives or in the corporate media. One: What is everyday life like today for the vast majority of our people – the working class of this country, the middle class and lower income Americans? What are the pains, struggles, and the hopes that they are striving for? And secondly, what is Congress going to do to improve life for working families? In the year 2023, amidst an explosion of technology, massive wealth creation and transformational economic change, how can we make certain that all Americans have the decent standard of living to which they are entitled? Is this a utopian idea? Is this pie in the sky or can we actually accomplish it? I think we can. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the great fighters for justice in our nation’s history, it is appropriate that we ask two very simple questions.
Let me thank C-SPAN for covering this event, and let me also thank everyone who is watching via live stream.Īs we enter the new year, as Congress begins its legislative session next week, and as we have just finished celebrating the birthday of Dr. Let me thank all of you who are here tonight with me in DC.
Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: Capitol on the state of the working class in America. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday delivered a major address from the U.S.
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