Oct 21, 2015
Somehow that equation does not make a lot of sense to me. I think this is an issue that has to be dealt with.
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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Oct 21, 2015
I do not understand why you are producing electricity from oil and why we are not investing significantly into sustainable energy.
Oct 21, 2015
Let us be clear about the extent of the human tragedy currently taking place in Puerto Rico.
Oct 21, 2015
The goal cannot be simply to protect high interest rates going to vulture funds on Wall Street.
Oct 14, 2015
Did the delay in care of these people on the secret waiting list actually cause these deaths? We don't know.
Oct 14, 2015
One of the concerns that I have to be very honest is there has been a little bit of a rush to judgment. What happened in Phoenix, well, the truth is we don't know. But we are going to find out.
Oct 14, 2015
As a result of that legislation, we went further than any time in recent history in improving health care to the men and women of this country who put their lives on the line to defend us.
Oct 14, 2015
What we did is pass $15 billion piece of legislation, which brought in many, many new doctors and nurses into the VA so that veterans in this country could get the health care when they needed it.
Oct 14, 2015
Well, I was chairman for two years and when I was chairman, we did take action.
Oct 14, 2015
Should Bernie Sanders have done more as the chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee to hold the VA accountable for delays in care?
Oct 13, 2015
And we've got to go even further than that. I am a passionate believer in a very radical concept called democracy. And you all know, you all know that in human history, democracy is a pretty new idea. It's a couple hundred years old and…
Oct 12, 2015
We're going to win because first we are going to explain what Democratic socialism is. And what Democratic socialism is about is saying that is immoral and wrong that the top one-tenth of one percent in this country or almost 90 percent.
Oct 12, 2015
The middle class, Anderson and let me say something. I go around the country, talk to a whole lot of people, middle class in this country is collapsing. We have 27 million living in poverty. We have massive wealth and income inequality…
Oct 12, 2015
Let me say something that might not be great politics. But I think the secretary is right. And that is that the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.
Oct 12, 2015
We're going to win because first we're going to explain what Democratic socialism is. And what Democratic socialism is about is saying that it is immoral and wrong that the top one-tenth of one percent in this country own almost as 90…
Oct 12, 2015
It is the great moral issue. It is the great economic issue. It is the great political issue. We should not be living in a country, Chris, where the top one tenth of one percent owns as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. That is not…
Oct 12, 2015
There is a level of energy and enthusiasm in our campaign that we're not seeing elsewhere. People are ready for a political revolution. They're ready to transform America and that's what our campaign is about.
Oct 12, 2015
People are disgusted; I can't tell you whether they're Republicans, Democrats, moderates, progressives, people are disgusted with the campaign finance system that allows billionaires to buy elections.
Oct 12, 2015
The middle class in this country is disappearing. We have 27 million people living in poverty. We have a campaign finance system which is corrupt. The rich are getting richer, everybody else is getting poorer.
Oct 12, 2015
If the middle class of this country is going to survive, if we're going to deal with income and health inequality, we need some very profound changes about the way we do business in this country.
Oct 12, 2015
This country is moving into an oligarchic form of society where a handful of billionaires control the economic and political life of this country.
Oct 12, 2015
We have a moral responsibility to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy.
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