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Greg Casar: “I held a thirst strike...fighting for a federal rule to give…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Greg Casar's 118th Congress in Review

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

That meant we brought a bunch of people together, did not drink water all day in the sun. It's not the Texas sun, but it was hot in D.C. we stood there fighting for I held a thirst strike...fighting for a federal rule to give workers the right to a water break. And I got a phone call. I promise my iPhone looks newer than this, but old fashioned phones are easier to draw. (00:59–01:14)

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Asserts that he organized a protest advocating for workers' rights to water breaks.

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