OK, and I did not say the words do appear. What I did say is that when this legislation is passed and you add $1.4 trillion to the deficit, then you are going to come back and cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. So is my friend…

He just let the cat out of the box--or whatever the phrase is. He just told you he is going to cut Social Security. That is it, my friends. He will not cut it--what he just said is that he will not cut it for people on Social Security…

Let me be very clear. Do I have your word now that you as a Senator--I know you can't speak for everybody--that as a Senator, after this bill is passed--and I suspect it will--you will not support any cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and…

Absolutely, but it is not just an idea I have. It is not just a theory I have. These numbers were put right into the budget passed by the Senate, which called for a trillion-dollar cut in Medicaid, then a $470 billion cut in Medicare, and…

Thank you. I will wind it up, actually, in less than 3 minutes. Here is the bottom line. The bill that these Republicans are going to vote on would create massive tax breaks for the rich, raising taxes for the middle class, raising the…

Reclaiming my time. Let me quote you, Senator Rubio, and tell me if this is right. This is a quote that you just made yesterday, and if I am wrong, I apologize. But as I understand it, you spoke to a group of Wall Street lobbyists, and…

I would yield time--good. I would yield time to my friend from Pennsylvania to assure--now, I see Senator Rubio down here as well. He just the other day--correct me if I am wrong, Senator Rubio. I know you have just walked in, and I have…

I just don't understand how we allow a situation to continue where these companies make billions of dollars in profit who essentially lied to physicians, lied to the American people, and have caused an epidemic.

this is what I asked: I am very concerned that if you succeed in passing tax legislation that significantly adds to our national debt, you will then move aggressively to balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the…

President Trump and the Republican leadership are on television every day telling the American people how this tax bill is going to help the middle class, how it was written for the middle class. Unfortunately, I will not shock too many…

Should the pharmaceutical industry and companies like Purdue be treated the same way as the tobacco industry?

I believe that if this tax bill passes in the near future, there will be brought to the floor of the House and the Senate a trillion-dollar cut in Medicaid.

Purdue and other companies produced a product, forgot to tell doctors or the people that it was addictive.

In my small State of Vermont, we have lost 112 people last year as a result of opioid overdoses.

Look, frankly, I think Mr. Jones is going to be win that election and will cross that bridge when we have to.

Trickle down economics in my view is a fraudulent theory. It does not work and it only benefits the wealthy.

It is not the best way to bring people into health care. The best way, of course, is a medicare for all single-payer system, which guarantees health care to all people and it is funded based on ability to pay.

Billionaires and millionaires have bought hundreds of millions of dollars into the political process, supporting Republican candidates, and today is pay-back time for them. Huge tax breaks for the rich, huge tax breaks for multinational…

You know, Anderson, what this whole business is about, you've heard me talk about this for a long time, is the power that big money has in American politics as a result of our corrupt campaign finance system.

Well, it's a bad idea, Anderson, because it's going to throw 13 million Americans off their health insurance they currently have, including about six million people on Medicaid. It's going to raise premiums by about 10 percent for ordinary…

Today, appropriately, we are dealing with the immediate crisis that we have, but please let us not forget--I am more familiar with Puerto Rico's problems than the Virgin Islands, although they may be similar.

Should two months after these disasters half the people in Puerto Rico and some 70, 80 percent of the people in the Virgin Islands, still not have electricity?

I'm concerned that Republicans, not just in Alabama but in Washington, are talking about ways to avoid an election because they do not want their candidate to lose. Like they are talking about changing the rules and (INAUDIBLE) something…

But if I'm working on behalf of the Democrats next year in 2018, we're talking about writing ads, and doing digital ads and saying, when the Republicans had a chance to 'get something done,' the one thing they got done was tax cuts for…

We are the wealthiest, most powerful country in the history of the world. Do we really think that we are doing a great job when half the people in Puerto Rico and 80 percent of the people in the Virgin Islands still don't have electricity…