| 00:00:00 | EDUCATION. |
| 00:00:01 | WELL, ON ANOTHER NOTE, MR. |
| 00:00:02 | COLBERT, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS HEARING AND HIGHLIGHT FLIGHT OF FARM WORKERS. |
| 00:00:08 | THE SITUATION IS, INDEED, DIRE AND I KNOW FROM MY STATE OF CALIFORNIA I HEARD ABOUT THE CASE OF THE MAN WHO CAME FROM MEXICO FOR A BETTER LIFE AND TOOK A JOB FEW AMERICANS WANTED TO DO. |
| 00:00:21 | EVERY DAY IN THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS HE PICKED GRAPES FOR 10 HOURS STRAIGHT IN 105 DEGREE TEMPERATURES AND ONE DAY HE FELL ILL. |
| 00:00:33 | HE FELL ILL AND COULD NOT STAND UP AND RATHER THAN CALLING THE AMBULANCE THE VINEYARD TOLD HIS SON TO DRIVE HIM HOME. |
| 00:00:43 | ON THE WAY HOME HE DIED FROM HEAT STROKE. |
| 00:00:48 | HE WAS 53 WHEN HE DIED. |
| 00:00:52 | IN FACT THIS IS ONE OF MANY STORIES. |
| 00:00:57 | THOSE ARE THE REPORTED DEATHS. |
| 00:00:58 | THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW AND THAT'S WHY I WORKED WITH MR. |
| 00:01:01 | RODRIGUEZ AND THE UFW IN CARRYING LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE WATER, SHADE AND REST PERIODS ON EVERY FARM SO THAT OUTDOOR WORKERS COULD BE PROTECTED. |
| 00:01:11 | SO, I'M WONDERING, MR. |
| 00:01:13 | COLBERT, DID ANY OF THE FARM WORKERS THAT YOU PICKED WITH TALK ABOUT WORKING ON CONDITIONS HAVING TO DO WITH HEAT, WATER, SHADE, REST PERIODS, ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? |
| 00:01:24 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. |
| 00:01:27 | , NO WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK THAT MUCH. |
| 00:01:30 | I TRIED TO ENGAGE THEM IN CONVERSATION BUT I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH VERY WELL. |
| 00:01:34 | AND THEY SEEMED VERY BUSY WITH THE BEANS AND WITH CORN. |
| 00:01:39 | AND I TRIED GET THEM TO SING FIELD SONGS AND THAT WANT SORT OF THING AND THEY DIDN'T STEAM HAVE ANY. |
| 00:01:44 | I NEVER REALLY FOUND OUT ABOUT WHAT THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS WERE LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT MEDICAL WAS APPLIED, WHAT MEDICAL SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM OR WHAT HEALTH CARE WAS AVAILABLE TO THEM OR WHAT KIND OF BREAKS WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM. |
| 00:02:01 | THEY WORKED THE ENTIRE TIME. |
| 00:02:03 | DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THESE ISSUES PERTAINING TO HEAT. |
| 00:02:06 | >> IT WAS VERY HOT. |
| 00:02:09 | THAT'S A YES. HOTTER THAN I LIKE TO BE. |
| 00:02:11 | >> CONSIDERING THE CONDITIONS WHY WOULD ANY AMERICAN WORKER WANT TO WORK ON JOBS LIKE THIS? |
| 00:02:16 | >> I DON'T KNOW IF AMERICANS WOULD OR WOULD NOT WANT TO WORK ON JOBS LIKE THIS. |
| 00:02:21 | I BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS ARE TOUGH. |
| 00:02:23 | I AGREE WITH THE CONGRESSMAN, AMERICANS ARE TOUGHER AND THEY DO TOUGH JOBS. |
| 00:02:26 | IT'S NOT A JOB I WANT TO DO AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOOK MR. |
| 00:02:31 | RODRIGUEZ UP ON HIS OFFER, AND IT SEEMS FROM THE STATISTICS THAT MY RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THERE IS A LACK OF LABOR IN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THAT SEEMS TO SAY THAT AMERICANS DON'T WANT TO TAKE THESE JOBS BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY DEDEFINITIVELY THEY WON'T. |
| 00:02:54 | >> WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE? |
| 00:02:57 | >> I LIKE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY POWER. |
| 00:03:02 | AND THIS SEEMED LIKE ONE OF THE LEAST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE MIGRANT WORKERS THAT COME AND DO OUR WORK BUT HAVE NOTHING RIGHTS. |
| 00:03:11 | WE INVITE THEM DOME HERE AND AT THE SAME TIME ASK THEM TO LEAVE. |
| 00:03:19 | THAT'S AN INTERESTING CONTRADICTION TO ME AND WHATEVER YOU DO FOR THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS AND THIS IS THE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS RIGHT NOW. |
| 00:03:26 | A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LEAST OF MY BROTHERS BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS SO HARD. |
| 00:03:30 | I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH ANYTHING. |
| 00:03:35 | BUT MIGRANT WORKERS SUFFER AND HAVE NO RIGHTS. |
| 00:03:40 | >> WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. |
| 00:03:45 | IN RESPONSE TO MISS SWAIN, I WOULD SAY THAT ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT DATA IN |
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