Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

We just can't afford that.

We are not a poor country. There is no excuse in God's earth that people have to make a choice between food and the medicine they need to stay alive.

We are not a poor country. There is no excuse in God's earth that people have to make a choice between food and the medicine they need to stay alive.

We are not a poor country. There is no excuse in God's earth that people have to make a choice between food and the medicine they need to stay alive.

Well, the goal of the tour is to go to areas where there are Republican congressmen and women who won by slim margins. and educate the people in those districts to demand that their member of Congress not vote for huge tax breaks for billionaires while at the same time support cuts to Medicaid, education, and healthcare.

Well, the goal of the tour is to go to areas where there are Republican congressmen and women who won by slim margins. and educate the people in those districts to demand that their member of Congress not vote for huge tax breaks for billionaires while at the same time support cuts to Medicaid, education, and healthcare.

Well, the goal of the tour is to go to areas where there are Republican congressmen and women who won by slim margins. and educate the people in those districts to demand that their member of Congress not vote for huge tax breaks for billionaires while at the same time support cuts to Medicaid, education, and healthcare.

So the goal is to make sure that we do not pass a terrible, what is called a reconciliation bill. But most importantly, it is an effort to bring people together

So the goal is to make sure that we do not pass a terrible, what is called a reconciliation bill. But most importantly, it is an effort to bring people together

So the goal is to make sure that we do not pass a terrible, what is called a reconciliation bill. But most importantly, it is an effort to bring people together

to take on the oligarchs who now run this country, to take on the people who are moving us toward authoritarianism, and to make the point that the overwhelming majority of the American people want to see a government and an economy that works for all and not just a few.

to take on the oligarchs who now run this country, to take on the people who are moving us toward authoritarianism, and to make the point that the overwhelming majority of the American people want to see a government and an economy that works for all and not just a few.

to take on the oligarchs who now run this country, to take on the people who are moving us toward authoritarianism, and to make the point that the overwhelming majority of the American people want to see a government and an economy that works for all and not just a few.

And thank you so much for doing that. I really do appreciate that.

And thank you so much for doing that. I really do appreciate that.

And thank you so much for doing that. I really do appreciate that.

Well, that was an extraordinary moment. And here is the reality, which is not talked about very much. The reality is that in America today, our life expectancy is about four years less than other wealthy countries. But even worse is the fact that if you're working class in America, on average, you live seven to eight years shorter life than people who are wealthy. Now, why is that?

Well, that was an extraordinary moment. And here is the reality, which is not talked about very much. The reality is that in America today, our life expectancy is about four years less than other wealthy countries. But even worse is the fact that if you're working class in America, on average, you live seven to eight years shorter life than people who are wealthy. Now, why is that?

Well, that was an extraordinary moment. And here is the reality, which is not talked about very much. The reality is that in America today, our life expectancy is about four years less than other wealthy countries. But even worse is the fact that if you're working class in America, on average, you live seven to eight years shorter life than people who are wealthy. Now, why is that?

And the answer is not just healthcare, which is important. Working class people, low income people do not have access to the kind of healthcare that the rich do, but it is the stress the day-to-day stress that working class people live under. And I grew up in a working class home. I know a little bit about what it's like to have a family living paycheck to paycheck.