Sen. Brown Presses Mnuchin, 'How Many Workers Should Give Their Lives' For The Dow?
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Matt Shuham
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May 19, 2020 12:10 p.m.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) took the treasury secretary to task on Tuesday for the Trump administrations efforts to keep facilities such as slaughterhouses open without sufficient worker protections.
How many workers will die if we send people back to work without the protections they need, Mr. Secretary? the senator asked Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, contrasting the point with Mnuchins earlier line that the country risked permanent economic damage due to business closures.
The administration doesnt intend to send anybody back to work without the protections, Mnuchin responded, adding that he couldnt be more proud of the medical advice the administration was receiving.
Brown kept pressing. Theres no national program to provide for worker safety with regard to COVID-19, he pointed out, and while the President signed an order declaring meatpacking plants critical infrastructure, he did not insist on slowing down processing lines or ensuring that workers have protective equipment.
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So why don't you and him were a mask and gloves, and if you feel really safe why don't you stand in line with him and shake peoples hands without a gloves and mask and as for medical advice............it is being reported that he doesn't listen to medical advice and its all fake...........and this gem.....The administration doesnt intend to send anybody back to work without the protections,.............your full of shit, literally........your "guy" signed a executive order to send people in meat packing plants back to work with out any protections as prime example.............
Tommymac
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(22,286 posts)His damn economy will recover. The people he has allowed to die will still be dead.