Bernard Sanders

Public school teachers should not be forced to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet.

The situation has become so absurd that 4 hedge fund managers on Wall Street made more money last year than every kindergarten teacher in America.

For decades, public school teachers have been overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and maybe most importantly, underappreciated.

If we are serious about the need for a bright and hopeful future for our Country, we must understand that the children, the young people of this country are our future.

If four hedge fund managers today, at a time when we have massive income, wealth inequality in America, four hedge company executives making more money than every kindergarten teacher in this country, maybe there's something wrong with our…

If we are serious about the need for a bright and hopeful future for our Country, we must understand that the children, the young people of this country are our future.

This country does not survive unless we have the best education in the world for our kids, we're not going to compete economically.

If four hedge fund managers today, at a time when we have massive income, wealth inequality in America, four hedge company executives making more money than every kindergarten teacher in this country, maybe there's something wrong with our…

There is, in fact nothing more, nothing more important that we can do than provide a quality education to all of our young people.

For decades, public school teachers have been overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and maybe most importantly, underappreciated.

Raising teacher salaries to at least 60,000 a year, and ensuring competitive pay for all of our teachers is one of the most important steps we can take to address the teacher shortage in America and to improve the quality of public…

In the richest country in the history of the world, we have got to do a lot better than that.

In the richest country in the history of the world, we have got to do a lot better than that.

This country does not survive unless we have the best education in the world for our kids, we're not going to compete economically.

Raising teacher salaries to at least 60,000 a year, and ensuring competitive pay for all of our teachers is one of the most important steps we can take to address the teacher shortage in America and to improve the quality of public…

Public school teachers should not be forced to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet.

There is, in fact nothing more, nothing more important that we can do than provide a quality education to all of our young people.

nearly half of Americans who have dental insurance have skipped their appointments because they could not afford to pay for the dental procedures they need.

nearly 70 million adults and nearly 8 million children have no dental insurance.

I thank you for the opportunity to testify before you on behalf of the Academy of General Dentistry.

nearly half of Americans who have dental insurance have skipped their appointments because they could not afford to pay for the dental procedures they need.

It is unacceptable to me that 67 percent of rural communities in America are designated as dental professional shortage areas.

It is unacceptable to me that 67 percent of rural communities in America are designated as dental professional shortage areas.

the tens of millions of Americans who are either unable to afford or unable to access the kind of dental care that they need.