"There's an element where, yes, people are going to have to start paying their fair share in taxes."
"Yes. You know, if that's what radical means, call me a radical."
"I don't think that that tells the whole story when you can't provide for your kids working a full-time job, working two full-time jobs, when you can't have health care. That is not dignified."
"Absolutely. That's how I won my primary."
"That is the goal. It's ambitious."
"Well, I think that it only has ever been radicals that have changed this country."
"Of course not. What we have in mind, and one of my -- and my policy is most closely resemble what we see in the U.K., in Norway, in Finland, in Sweden."
"What makes it unrealistic?"
"Yes, yes. No question."
"Would you be taking a creep shot of Steny Hoyer's behind and sharing it around? Why is there more comfort in doing that to me than there is in doing it to any other member of Congress?"
"I think it's not just about identifying the problem; it's about coming up with a solution."