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Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.

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Jan 16, 2017

Do you think if you were not a multibillionaire, if your family has not made hundreds of millions of dollars of contributions to the Republican party, that you would be sitting here today?

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Jan 16, 2017

There is a growing fear in this country that we are moving toward what some would call an oligarchic form of society, where a small number of very, very wealthy billionaires control to a significant degree our economic and political life.

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Jan 11, 2017

Reserving the right to object, and I won't, I would appreciate it if we could add to the end of that tranche the Klobuchar-Sanders amendment. Would that be all right?

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Jan 4, 2017

Anderson, I'm going to say, I don't think they probably even thought about the ramifications of what they were doing.

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Jan 1, 2017

You cannot be a party which, on one hand, says we're in favor of working people, we're in favor of the needs of young people but we don't quite have the courage to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class.

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Dec 6, 2016

I know what a tomato looks like, too, but you don't know what kind of pesticide was used or how that tomato was grown. The idea that we cannot get a product from across the border safely really doesn't pass the laugh test, frankly. This is…

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Dec 6, 2016

I am very supportive, he is dead right. But I was wondering if my friend--when he said we are going to get to it next year, what does that mean? Does that mean you will be pushing the ability of Americans and pharmacists and distributors…

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Dec 6, 2016

Two points. First of all, let me reiterate that is for inflation-adjusted dollars, not nominal dollars. The funding for the National Institutes of Health this year will still be roughly $7 billion less than what it received in 2004. That…

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Nov 20, 2016

I think TPP is something that Donald Trump ran on, that was one of the places where he and Senator Sanders actually aligned.

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Nov 15, 2016

I call upon Mr. Trump to rescind the appointment that he made of Mr. Bannon. A president of the United States should not have a racist at his side. Unacceptable.

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Nov 3, 2016

And we have come too far in this country to elect a president who objectifies women, who insults women, who brags about his sexual assaults.

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Nov 2, 2016

And let us be very clear, a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a starvation wage. Let's be clear.

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Oct 16, 2016

That's why I believe Secretary Clinton should release the transcripts.

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Oct 16, 2016

Not only is he going to lose this election, but he and his billionaire friends are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.

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Sep 28, 2016

It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president.

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Sep 27, 2016

This election is enormously important for the future of our country. It is imperative that we elect Hillary Clinton as our next president.

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Sep 15, 2016

Please, anybody who supports me, do not think that Donald Trump in any way, shape or form reflects the point of view that I have.

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Sep 13, 2016

The VA generally lacks the skill sets to deal effectively with IT needs.

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Sep 13, 2016

The fact is, there is a maldistribution of health care resources in the country.

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Sep 13, 2016

Allowing family members to use the VHA system isn't realistic.

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Aug 23, 2016

You're not going to have a government that represents all of us, so long as you have a candidate like Secretary Clinton being dependent on big money interests.

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Aug 11, 2016

I am going to release all of the transcripts of the speeches that I gave on Wall Street behind closed doors not for $225,000, not for 2,000 and not for $0.2. There were no speeches!

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Jul 23, 2016

One of us has given speeches on Wall Street for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Jul 23, 2016

Trust me, on his worst, worst, worst, worst day, Tim Kaine is 100 times better than Donald Trump will ever be.

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