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President-elect Donald Trump campaigned in 2024 as an anti-establishment populist willing to take on the political class and act on behalf of working families. When Trump is ready to move in this direction, I will gladly support him. When he does not, I will strongly oppose him.
Trump said the United States should not, by far, pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. He's right. under President BidenWe have made some good progress in reducing the very high cost of prescription drugs in this country, including Medicare negotiating prices with the drug industry. But there is much more to be done. I look forward to working with President Trump on legislation that will end the absurdity of Americans paying, by far, the highest price in the world for prescription drugs. We must have the courage to overcome the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and significantly reduce drug prices.
At a time when many cash-strapped Americans are paying 20 or 30 percent interest rates on their credit cards, President Trump has stated that he wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent. He's right. I will soon introduce bipartisan legislation to protect Americans from fraud by the credit card industry and I look forward to supporting it.
Bernie Sanders plans to lead legislation on Trump's key proposal
President Trump has rightly pointed out disastrous trade agreements like NAFTA and NAFTA. PNTR with China It has cost millions of American jobs as companies shuttered manufacturing in this country and moved abroad to find cheap labor. As someone who has strongly opposed these agreements, I look forward to working with the Trump administration on new trade policies that will protect American workers and create good-paying jobs in our country.
Some of Trump's nominees also made important points. Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., was right when he said that food companies are “poisoning” our youth with highly processed foods that cause obesity. My heart disease And other serious health problems. The Trump administration and Congress must stand up to the food industry's greed and work to create a healthier America.
At a time when many large corporations routinely violate the law and engage in illegal union busting, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez de Rimer has been supportive of the PRO Act, which would protect workers' right to join a union and bargain for better. Wages, benefits and working conditions. She's right. Workers should have the right to join unions without illegal interference by their bosses. I look forward to working with the Trump Administration to pass the PRO Act into law.
Trump nominates Representative. Lori Chavez Derimer, Secretary of Labor
No one denies that we must end waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Muskfor example, is correct when it indicates That the Pentagon has failed seven audits and cannot provide a full explanation for its more than $800 billion budget. We must make the Department of Defense much more efficient, save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars annually, and reduce spending.
But let me be clear. Although I am more than willing to work with you Trump administration In terms of areas of agreement, I have some very strong disagreements with the positions proposed by Trump.
At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, when the richest people have never had it so good, it would be infuriating to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in additional tax breaks for big corporations and the richest people in this country. any New tax cuts It should go to the working families of this country. Billionaires and large, profitable corporations must start paying their fair share of taxes.
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Moreover, we should not take away the health care they get from millions of people by making massive cuts to Medicaid and other public health programs, which is how some Republicans want to cover the costs of their tax cuts for the rich. Medicaid is a lifeline not only for millions of low-income Americans, but also for more than a million seniors in nursing homes and people with disabilities.
The past 10 years have been the warmest on record, and as a result, we have seen unprecedented extreme climate disruption across the United States and the world. while Los Angeles is experiencing devastating wildfires While North Carolina is still recovering from devastating floods, Trump is seriously wrong when he claims climate change is a “hoax.” Almost the entire scientific community recognizes that climate change is real, caused by carbon emissions and poses a massive threat to the well-being of our children and future generations. We, together with the entire global community, must fight climate change.
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We must not engage in the mass deportation of twenty million people in this country, many of whom have worked and lived here almost their entire lives and are a vital part of our economy. We need to stop Illegal crossings with strong border enforcement It should deport people who commit serious criminal offences. But we should not separate millions of families, put children in cages, or unconstitutionally use America's military to detain immigrants in house-to-house searches.
Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Besant He is wrong when he opposes the need to raise the federal minimum wage. At a time when the minimum wage ($7.25) has not been raised in fifteen years, it is unreasonable for millions of Americans to continue to work for low wages. We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage: $17 an hour.
American investor and hedge fund manager Scott Besent testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination for Secretary of the Treasury, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 2025. (Getty)
We must not allow a minority of billionaires to buy our government. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he wants Republican Party To represent the needs of employees. Well, you don't do that by surrounding yourself with the richest people in the world and putting 13 billionaires in your government, many of whom have a direct financial interest in the industries they are charged with regulating. Moreover, we need real campaign finance reform that prevents billionaires in both parties from buying elections.
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Let us never forget that we are the richest country in the history of the world. There is no reason why 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, why we have massive and growing income and wealth inequality, and why 85 million Americans are uninsured Or why seniors suffer from a lack of health insurance, or why 25% of seniors in America try to survive on $15,000 a year or less, or why young people leave college while drowning in debt, or why millions of families cannot afford Child care. We can do better. We must do better.
I look forward to working with you President Trump When he stands with working families in this country. I will strongly oppose him when he represents the needs of the billionaire class and the special interests of the wealthy.
