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'All your wealth': Bernie Sanders slams Amazon, Bezos at Senate hearing

Sanders addressed Amazon Chairman Jeff Bezos, who had been invited to testify but did not appear.

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The committee heard testimony from several people including Christian Smalls, who heads the Amazon Labor Union.

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U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders on Thursday slammed Amazon.com Inc and its chairman at a hearing on the company's labor practices as he pushed the White House to end government contracts for the retailer.

"Amazon has done everything possible - legal and illegal - to defeat union organizing efforts," Sanders said.

But the company won bipartisan support at the hearing, including from Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, a state with a large Amazon presence.

"I don't think Amazon is an organized criminal syndicate," Kaine said, adding he backs efforts to make it easier for workers to unionize. "Amazon employs a

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