rita is the widow of the teamster butch lewis and she had become an advocate herself fighting for the pensions workers earned. rita said, "it's like we're invisible." to the millions of american workers working too many hours for too little pay, let me tell you, you aren't invisible to me, you are not invisible to democratic officeholders in this country. we see you. we hear you. we fight for you. we fight for paid family leave. we fight for sick leave. we fight for overtime pay. we fight to give workers a say on the job. we fight to save america's pensions. we fight for those small businesses that are helping in our pension system. we want to make it easy for everyone to save for retirement. we work to encourage companies to invest in their greatest asset -- you, the american worker. that's what democrats fight for on labor day. that's what we'll fight for tomorrow. that's what we'll fight for the rest of the year and next year too, every day throughout the year. happy labor day to america's great workforce -- the american worker. thank you so much. "> c-span's "washington journal li

that feeling was captured pretty well by my friend, ohio indiana rita lewis. she is the widow of teamster butch lewis. she has become an advocate herself, fighting for the pensions her husband and other teamsters earned. not long ago, rita said it's like we are invisible. too often she is right. for too many millions of americans working too many hours for too little pay, you may be invisible to most members of the senate, you may be invisible to washington, you may be invisible to the corrupt state government in columbus, ohio, but you are not invisible to me and you're not invisible to some people in this body. we see you, we hear you, we fight for you. we fight for paid family leave. we fight for paid sick leave. we fight for the overtime pay that you earn. we fight to give workers a say in their job. we fight to save america's pensions and give people a break, make it a bit easier to save for retirement. we work to encourage companies to invest in their greatest asset, you, the american worker. that's what we'll fight for not just on labor day, two days ag