Donahoe Jokes In Response To Demonstrator's Interruption

After being interrupted by demonstrators at the National Press Club during his speech on Monday, Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donahoe says in response that “it’s good they’ve been paying attention to the situation.” (0:10)

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Clinton says the country needs a labor movement

Sen. Hillary Clinton says that this country needs a labor movement to overcome the challenges of the 21st century, and that labor and union negotiations help to raise the standard of living for everyone. (0:35)

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Hoyer says 2008 is a "change" election, and Americans have a choice to make

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) says at the 100th annual legislative convention of the Building and Construction Trades Department that 2008 is a change election, and Americans have to choose between moving forward or "staying the course." (0:22)
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Hoyer: Unions built the middle class

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) addressed a crowd at the 100th annual legislative conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department and said that unions built the "strongest, most prosperous middle class history has ever seen" yet they do not often receive credit for this. He also points out that union membership is at its lowest level since the Great Depression. (0:34)
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Clinton says she stands for Universal Health Care

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says when she will provide health care to every Americans, no "ifs, ands or buts," and this is a big difference in this campaign. I have a plan for Universal Health Care. John Edwards had a plan for Universal Health care, but Senator Obama does not. It's a core democratic value that the Democratic party nominate someone who will go "toe to toe" with John McCain on the issue of Universal Health Care. "What do we stand for," she says, "if we don't stand for Universal Health Care?" (:29)



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Clinton says we can count on Social Security far into the future

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says she was somewhat surprised to hear that Senator McCain said he would put privatizing Social Security "back on the table." Well, she says, there's not going to be any chance of that happening when I'm president. We're going to strengthen Social Security so that we can count on it far into the future. (:25)
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Clinton says she will protect Social Security

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says there will be lifetime retirement security plans, she will strengthen pension benefit plans, end the use of bankruptcy for companies to "shed their pension obligations," and under her new American retirement accounts, there will be generous matching tax cuts from the government to help people to save, and I will always protect Social Security. (:35)
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Clinton says we need to shift priorities in the tax code

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says when she says solutions, she says, she will rebuild the middle class, and will end 55 billion dollars in tax breaks for oil companies, drug companies, insurance companies, and Wall Street, and will give that money back to hard working middle class families instead. You will get more help with student loans, health care for all, and millions of jobs that cannot be sent overseas because they will be created right here. I will cut middle class taxes, she says, by at least 100 billion dollars a year, and I will let taxes increase on people earning more than $250,000 a year. They have had their run, it's time we shifted our priorities in the tax code. (:50)
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Clinton says "No trade deal with Columbia"

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says she believes we need a time-out on new trade deals until there is a new trade policy that is truly pro-worker and pro-union. That means no trade deal with Columbia as violence with trade unionists continues. (:25)
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Clinton says she will give broadband the attention it deserves

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says she wants to connect all of America to the Global Economy through a national broadband policy. We often say, she says, that new technology is bringing the world together but that's only true if you're wired into it. In 2000, we were fourth in the world with broadband access, and today we are 24th. America can rise to meet any challenge we take on, and she says she has proposed a national broadband strategy called "Connect America" to finally give broadband access the urgent attention it deserves. This strategy is based on the principles laid out in the Your Speed Matters campaign. (:57)
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Clinton says she will end Bush's assault on unions

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says we’ve got to start creating jobs in America that can sustain the middle class. I'm offering real solutions not just speeches. When I say solutions, she says, I am talking about ending George Bush's assault on unions, and finally having a department of labor that is "pro labor." (:42)
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Clinton says she will remember she works for the people

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says it's time now that the American people have a president that gets up every day in the White House and thinks about what needs to be done to improve the incomes, jobs, health care, and education of the American people. A president, she says, that rolls up her sleeves and goes to work every day for the people. One who remembers that the American people are the ones they work for, not the special interests or the "cronies." From my perspective, we need a Commander in Chief that is ready on day one to end the war in Iraq and bring our sons and daughters home as quickly and safely as possible. (:51)
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Clinton says we're fighting for the very future of America

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says we need unions in the hard times, too. Because "you know what it's like to fight for the underdog." You know what it's like to stand up and keep going against the odds, and you know what it's like to be told to go away and quit, and so do I. We're fighting for the very future of America. It's not a cause for the fainthearted, and it's not a cause for those who get discouraged by a little criticism. We're going to take back our country, she says, and we're going to put it back on the right track to have the kind of future America deserves. (:57)
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Clinton says she will not squash the union bug

At the CWA Conference, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) says that for the last seven years we've had a President and Vice President that want to squash the union "bug," and they're not trying to work with the unions. They've increased funding, she says, that goes towards harassing unions but cutting funding that goes towards worker health and safety. You would think that after the disasters we've had, that would be an easy sell, but they want to privatize any job they can. Make no mistake about it, this privatizing, outsourcing, no-bid contract binge we've been on is contest America more and when I'm President, I'm going to end it. (1:10)
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