Political Quotes

“I get around my own State of Vermont a lot. In fact, I get around the country a lot. I hear from a lot of people and I talk to a lot of people about what is on their minds. Needless to say, in these very complicated and difficult times, there is a lot the American people are concerned about. They are concerned about gun violence, and they want strong legislation to be passed as soon as possible to protect their kids and the American people. Overwhelmingly, they want legislation--over 80 percent of the American people in poll after poll--want legislation to protect the 1.8 million young people who are eligible for the DACA Program. That is what people talk about. People talk about the high cost of healthcare, and they talk about the fact that they cannot afford prescription drugs because the drug companies are ripping us off every single day. They talk about climate change and their fear about what kind of planet we are going to be leaving our kids and our grandchildren if we don't transform our energy system away from fossil fuel. The people I talk to in Vermont and throughout the country talk about our crumbling infrastructure. They talk about the need for decent-paying jobs. They talk about the high cost of a college education. I just talked to a teacher the other day in Wisconsin. She had tears in our eyes because she cannot afford to send her own daughter to college.…”