Bernie Sanders said "this amendment is a poison pill that would defeat everything that many of us are trying to accomplish tonight in this historic budget: no reduction in childhood poverty; no expansion in childcare, pre-K, or Medicare; no investment in affordable housing or home healthcare; no paid family and medical leave; no effort to combat the existential threat of climate change; no creation of millions of good-paying jobs. Using an arbitrary inflation number, it would end all of that. This amendment must be defeated. Vote on Amendment No. 3815 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordAugust 10, 2021

this amendment is a poison pill that would defeat everything that many of us are trying to accomplish tonight in this historic budget: no reduction in childhood poverty; no expansion in childcare, pre-K, or Medicare; no investment in affordable housing or home healthcare; no paid family and medical leave; no effort to combat the existential threat of climate change; no creation of millions of good-paying jobs. Using an arbitrary inflation number, it would end all of that. This amendment must be defeated. Vote on Amendment No. 3815 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

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Bernie Sanders

Independent · Vermont

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