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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.
I rise to say a few words in congratulating Senator Leahy, not just for his 15,000th vote but on his many years of service serving the people of the State of Vermont. Vermont is very proud of all of the work Pat Leahy has done. As we all…
To the extent we can get an agreement on both sides of the aisle to move forward in this area, to expand coverage, we think that's something that we can get the American public on board with as well.
I do not understand why you are producing electricity from oil and why we are not investing significantly into sustainable energy.
Somehow that equation does not make a lot of sense to me. I think this is an issue that has to be dealt with.
Let us be clear about the extent of the human tragedy currently taking place in Puerto Rico.
Should debt be repaid if, in fact, that debt was incurred in an unconstitutional way?
The goal cannot be simply to protect high interest rates going to vulture funds on Wall Street.
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.
Well, I was chairman for two years and when I was chairman, we did take action.
Did the delay in care of these people on the secret waiting list actually cause these deaths? We don't know.
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.
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.
Should Bernie Sanders have done more as the chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee to hold the VA accountable for delays in care?
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…
We have a moral responsibility to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and sustainable energy.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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