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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 8, 2016

I will have single payer health care and free state and community college, a very liberal agenda that was just simply out of bounds, eight or ten years ago in American politics.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 8, 2016

I want every kid to know if you do your school work, study hard, yes, you will be able to get a college education.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 8, 2016

At the heart of my immigration policy...is to unite families, not to divide families.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 8, 2016

Secretary Clinton prevailed upon the governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, who wanted to do the right thing and provide driver's license to those who were undocumented. She said 'don't do it' and New York State still does not do it.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Mar 8, 2016

Really, you intimidate Wall Street? Well, then, why they are given you $15 million? That's how much you intimidate Wall Street.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 8, 2016

the planet was warming and the science proved that, and that human beings were contributing to it and the science proved that, and that we had a moral responsibility to be the leaders for the planet.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 8, 2016

Given the ongoing situation in Flint, Michigan, it is clear that we still have a long way to go to ensure safe drinking water for every American.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 8, 2016

The Clean Power Plan changed significantly from its draft to final form based on input from the States, industry, and other stakeholders.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 8, 2016

unless we work together we can't solve problems of that magnitude.

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 8, 2016

There was an unprecedented involvement even of Vermont in the development of those rules because we are deeply concerned that whatever the implementation is, that it could include the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that we are part of.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 8, 2016

We all agree that we ought to be guided by sound science.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 8, 2016

I think that is a standard that we can all embrace. I don't care what religion you are; it is there in your religion.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 8, 2016

We have to spend more money to clean up our air because other people are getting cheap electricity, and it is just not right.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Mar 8, 2016

We can't eat the fish there. In fact, we can't eat the fish in most of the rivers in my State.

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John Kasich
@johnkasich· Republican · OH· Mar 8, 2016

And with those states that have not yet selected a delegate, basically, the three, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and I, are dead even going into the last half of this whole match. So don't be thinking it's over yet.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Mar 8, 2016

Mr. President, I am on the floor today to speak on the same subject, but before I do, I want to very briefly discuss two other subjects. Remembering Dylan Hockley First, Mr. President, I noticed online today that today would be Dylan…

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Ed Markey
@edmarkey· Democratic · MA· Mar 8, 2016

Madam President, as we consider the CARA bill on the floor at this time--the bill that deals with the opioid epidemic in our country--I thought it might be useful to bring a few statistics forward so we can consider the nature of the…

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