We can -- we have to be committed to that. We`re fail -- we`re failed creatures. We`re human beings. But we keep the trend going up. And that`s what we have to stand for. And that`s the big difference between Democrats and Republicans.

recent polls suggest that Congress has a 19-percent favorability rating, and I find that shocking. Clearly, if that 19 percent had any inkling as to what goes on here in the Senate, that number would be much lower. Over and over again, I…

you know, I hear this word ``competition,'' but I want everybody to know what the competition is in the space program. The competition is between Mr. Musk and SpaceX. Musk is the wealthiest guy in the country, and Jeff Bezos and Blue…

If we are going to respect the democracy of a vote for a union then you are going to get some benefit from it.

Amazon has been beating up on American workers for too long, and our government has been letting them do it, and it needs to stop.

Mr. Bezos, you have enough money to buy a $500-million yacht. You have got enough money to buy a $175-million estate in Beverly Hills and a $23-million mansion right here in D.C. Given all of your wealth, how much do you need? Why are you…

may I have 30 seconds in response? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

I call up my motion to instruct, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders] moves that the managers on the…

when the middle class of this country is struggling, when people are working longer hours for lower wages, when half of our people live paycheck to paycheck, when people cannot afford health care, they cannot afford childcare, they are…

Why are elected officials giving taxpayer money to a company that is willing to use any available means--illegal or not illegal--to deny workers their federally protected right?

And today we are going to be discussing a very important issue that gets much too little attention here in the halls of Congress or in the corporate media.

I have heard you and others come up here and say, oh, the PRO Act gets rid of secret ballot. I think that is just a flat-out misstatement.

Let me first thank all of our witnesses for being here, and we look forward to hearing your testimony.

In a Congress dominated by corporate lobbyists and wealthy campaign contributors, the idea that we would actually hear from the working class of this country is, in fact, radical, but I make no apologies for that.

If you can believe it, and, Mr. Graham, Senator Graham, this is really rather an astounding fact, according to a New York Times investigation, Amazon has a 150 percent turnover rate--150 percent.

I call up my motion to instruct, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders] moves that the managers on the part of the Senate…

no one disagrees that we need to manufacture more microchips here in the United States, but we should not be providing a $53 billion blank check to the highly profitable microchip industry with no protections for the American taxpayer. The…

We need the PRO Act. We need America to do the right thing.