Bernie Sanders actually said...

"It overstates what seniors should be getting and that we have to move in a new direction to a so-called chained-CPI."

"The alternative, CPI or the chained-CPI or also called the superlative CPI that's being proposed by some members of the supercommittee and has been discussed in the deficit reduction discussions, that..."

"Nobody can say, I believe, with a straight face that that's being done to really improve the accuracy of the COLA for seniors and people with disabilities."

"When I read that on average people in the bottom 20 percent quintile are living on $7,500 a year, that is almost beyond comprehension."