WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following press release:
After public reporting that Jeff Bezos is seeking to raise $100 billion to replace millions of workers all over America with robots, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today called on Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to hold a public hearing with Bezos regarding the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the working class.
"In my view, we must demand that Mr. Bezos come before our committee to explain to the American people why he believes it's a good idea to replace millions of American workers with robots," Sanders wrote. "We need to understand what will happen to these work...