Some of my Republican colleagues have decided that what we should do is give massive, massive tax breaks to the very, very wealthiest families in America.

People are shocked to hear that. How does that happen that a usually profitable corporation owned by the wealthiest guy in the world paid nothing in Federal income tax?

It is time to stop rewarding people who make money simply by having money.

the wealthiest people and largest corporations pay their fair share of taxes

If you are asking me do I feel particularly comfortable that the President of the United States should not express his views on Twitter, I don't feel comfortable about that.

That is why I support the For the 99.5 Percent Act and equalizing capital gains and earned income tax rates.

Some Senators have recently proposed repealing what is left of the estate tax, which would do nothing but reward people who lucked into the American dream just by being born into wealthy families.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1868, an act to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, which was received from the House and is at the desk. I further ask that the bill be…

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Is there an objection to the original request by the Senator from Vermont?

One out of every four Americans with Type 1 diabetes were forced to ration insulin because they could not afford it.

The time is long overdue for Medicare to do that as well.

Last year, one out of five Americans could not afford to buy the medicine prescribed by their doctor.

I myself may be wrong, but I would give the nod to the pharmaceutical industry.

Let's be clear: insulin is not a new drug. It was invented nearly 100 years ago by Canadian scientists who sold the patent rights for insulin for just $3.00.

We can no longer tolerate a system that allows the former CEO of Gilead to become a billionaire by charging $1,000 for a hepatitis C drug called Sovaldi that costs just one dollar to manufacture.

This is an industry that has paid $32 billion in fines for a variety of illegal actions over the last 20 years.

In fact, I think it's fair to say that it is not Congress which regulates the drug companies but the drug companies which regulate Congress, and that has got to change.

It is an industry which is significantly responsible for the fact that in the United States we pay the highest prices in the world for health care.

Let's be clear: the pharmaceutical industry is not particularly sympathetic to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party.

How many people need to die, how many people need to get unnecessarily sicker before Congress is prepared to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry?

The wealthiest person in the world, Jeff Bezos, has become $77 billion richer during this horrific pandemic, while denying hundreds of thousands of workers who work at Amazon paid sick leave and hazard pay.

Mr. Bezos, you are worth $182 billion. You`re the wealthiest person in the world. Why are you doing everything in your power to stop your workers in Bessemer, Alabama, from joining a union?

This is an incredible burden on millions and millions of young people.

What I wanted to say is Jeff, you are worth $180 billion, B, $180 billion. You are the wealthiest person on earth. Why are you spending millions of dollars trying to defeat a union organizing effort in Alabama where your workers are…