Sanders plans to take Senate committee on the road to hear working-class struggles

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Washingtontimes.com: “Sanders plans to take Senate committee on the road to hear working-class struggles”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

Sen. Bernard Sanders says he plans on taking the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the road in the hopes of spotlighting the economic divide between the working class and billionaires.

Mr. Sanders, a Vermont independent and three-time presidential contender, is expected to take the reins of the powerful committee next month and plans to hit the road to pressure Congress to embrace policies he believes would reverse economic trends that have eroded the faith of the working class in democracy.

“Our job is now for Congress to have the courage to take on the powerful corporate interest and their lobbyist and campaign contributors who flood Capitol Hill and show the American people our government can work for them and not just the 1%,” Mr. Sanders said in a speech this week on Capitol Hill. “It is imperative that we take the discussion of all of these important issues and more — that we take this discussion outside the Beltway in Washington into communities across this nation.”

He added, “I intend to see this committee get around this country to hear directly from workers about the struggles they face on their jobs.”

Mr. Sanders has done more than any other elected leader to push the Democratic Party to the left in recent years.

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