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Bernie Sanders: “In the midst of a terrible depression, Congress passed…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders Warns Iowa City About Rise Of Oligarchy Power In The United States

Published | Video Starts at 40:46

It's a right that Trump and his Friends are trying to take away, but we're not going to let them do that. And in the 30s, in the 1930s. In the midst of a terrible depression, Congress passed Social Security, Medicare, and over the years, Medicaid, minimum wage, clean air and water standards. People said, you can't do that. Government can't do that. People stood up and demanded it it happen. Now, I say all of that to put it in a context. (40:46–40:58)

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Asserts that during the Great Depression, Congress passed significant social welfare and regulatory measures.

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