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Description: Bernie Sanders drops the harsh truth about how politics values corporations vs the American people who are the backbone of the companies as he speaks during the senate hearing with Christian Smalls, Amazon Labor Union President, and Lindsey Graham. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Christian Smalls to Congress: It’s Time to Stop Helping Corporations - motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/05/christian-smalls-congress-bernie-sanders-amazon-labor-union "At a Senate hearing on Thursday, Christian Smalls, the interim president of the Amazon Labor Union, delivered a message to Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham: “You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate.” The hearing comes a month after the workers Smalls represents at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to form the company’s first union. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the head of the Senate budget committee, organized the hearing to look at whether the federal government should be awarding contracts to companies that have broken federal labor laws. The focus was on Amazon, which has racked up more than $75 million in fines for violating federal discrimination and wage laws, according to a committee press release." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT Help build the Home of the Progressives tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: instagram.com/thedamagereport Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks