Bernie Sanders

Before I answer that very important question, I thank Senator Lee for his remarks. He is right on virtually everything he has said. I want to bring Senator Murphy into this colloquy. Senator Murphy has been ahead of his time in focusing…

We're not talking about guns, we're not talking about the DACA issue.

We've got to do something. I hope that we will do it.

They want expanded background checks. They want to end the so-called gun show loophole.

What we're seeing all across this country is people saying, we cannot watch TV anymore and see our children shot down by some lunatic with an assault weapon.

It amazes me that this is the issue that the Republican leadership has put on the floor of the Senate.

What this legislation would do is deregulate 25 out of the largest 38 banks in this country.

I am strongly opposed to it.

I think the main target of our concern has got to be China. We have a $375 billion trade deficit with China.

We have seen tens of thousands of factories shut down, millions of hard working people, decent people have lost their jobs as factories go to China and Mexico.

It signs of a president who is, I think, not fit temperamentally to be president of the United States, a guy who -- and I say this without any joy in my heart -- lies all the time, who changes his mind every other day apparently based on…

We haven't dealt with immigration reform and DACA. We've got a gun crisis out there.

There are enormous problems facing our country.

I find it ironic of that Mueller was appointed head of the FBI by George W. Bush, reappointed by Obama, has always had in this investigation strong bipartisan for what let the man do his job.

I think McConnell is going to play a trick and allow different amendments to come up. And we are working very, very hard right now.

I think what Speaker Ryan has got to do is allow democracy to prevail in the House. And the majority of the people in that body want to pass DREAMers legislation, they should be allowed to have the vote and it is really wrong of Ryan to…

I think the idea of spending billions of dollars on a wall is totally crazy.

I think we have a moral crisis in this country right now that has to be dealt with. Eighty percent of the American people in poll after poll say that we cannot turn our backs on these young people and leave them subject to deportation.

The possibility of deportation. And this would be a moral outrage.

I'm going to be voting against this legislation for two reasons. The first is that when we are now spending more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined and when study after study shows that there has been enormous amount…

I would hope that becomes an indication to other businesses that when we talk about a Medicare for all system, we are not just talking about the needs of ordinary Americans and consumers.

The bottom line is you have a failing healthcare system and everybody who has spent 5 minutes thinking about it, understands it.

I believe that it is an international embarrassment that the United States of America remains the only major country on Earth not to guarantee healthcare to all people as a right.

What you will find is they are all different prices. The same drug, the VA pays X dollars for it, Medicaid pays Y dollars for it.

The VA negotiates drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry, and if I am not mistaken, I think they pay the lowest prices in this country for prescription drugs.