"I think we have an economic model now that millions and millions of working people will be interested in."
"Study after study has shown that employee ownership has been proven to increase employment, increase productivity, increase sales, and increase wages in the United States."
"This is the first left wing person in the U.S. Congress"
"if some entrepreneur started a business and was successful, he was aging, that he would have--and he was going to leave the business, that he knew about or she knew about the option of employee owners..."
"We have a number of co-sponsors on some of these legislations. That's because people all over the country are putting a little bit of pressure on their senators."
"We see the pressing need and support the bills Senator Sanders is proposing."
"I therefore applaud the efforts of Senator Sanders to take the lead on this issue"
"In this way, our political democracy would also support our economic democracy."
"Outsourcing is, I can tell you, a major concern in this country."
"Thank you for championing the cause of ESOPs in Washington."
"I think as new companies come through they need that help and support so that we can have more employee ownership."
"I think people feel very uncomfortable that increasingly it is difficult to buy a product manufactured in the United States of America."
"I think it's fair to say that these don't quite have the clout of Wall Street."
"This concept, you know, didn't start with King Arthur Flour."
"I want to thank Senator Tom Harkin, who is the Chairman of the committee, for allowing us to hold this hearing on this very, very important issue here in the State of Vermont."
"We need new economic models which create and retain jobs here in the United States of America, not in China."
"In my view, the concept of employee ownership can and will be an important tool for addressing all of these goals."
"I visited Steve's operation at King Arthur over a year ago and he had a whole lot of workers out there."
