Jun 23, 2015
let me just concur with the Senator from Ohio. This trade agreement was supported by virtually every major corporation in this country, the vast majority of whom have outsourced millions of jobs to low-wage countries all over the world…
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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Jun 22, 2015
I wish to take this opportunity to send my condolences to the families of those who were murdered in Charleston, SC, on Wednesday evening and to the entire city of Charleston. It is hard to understand how someone could walk into a church…
Jun 16, 2015
I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 15 minutes and that Senator Durbin be recognized following my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Jun 16, 2015
I want to touch on an issue that I think does not get the attention it deserves. My view is that a nation is judged not by how many billionaires and millionaires it has but by how it treats the most vulnerable people among us. If we look…
Jun 11, 2015
I want to say a few words about family values. ``Family values'' is an expression that has been used for many years by my Republican colleagues. Generally speaking, what they mean by ``family values'' is opposition to a woman's right to…
Jun 9, 2015
it sometimes happens that issues of enormous consequence seem to be ignored and do not get anywhere near the discussion it requires. One such issue which needs to be put on the table that needs to be dealt with and needs to be resolved is…
Jun 2, 2015
Taking care of our veterans is a cost of war itself. If you can spend $6 trillion sending people to war, you can spend a few billion dollars taking care of them when they come home.
Jun 2, 2015
they said there are many examples of the Export-Import Bank subsidizing corporations that lay off American workers and move their production facilities overseas.
May 25, 2015
You don't necessarily need a choice of 23 underarm spray deodorants or of 18 different pairs of sneakers when children are hungry in this country.
May 25, 2015
It is time to make a fundamental decision. Do we continue the 40-year decline of our middle class? Or do we fight for a progressive economic agenda?
May 22, 2015
at some point soon, I presume, the Senate is going to adjourn for the Memorial Day week break, and I want to say a few words on some of the important issues we are now confronting. I suspect later today there will be a vote on the TPP. I…
May 18, 2015
At a time of massive wealth and income inequality, let us work together on a budget that is fair.
May 18, 2015
We need to have a tax system which ends the enormous loopholes that currently exist.
May 18, 2015
the top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.
May 18, 2015
I think that was a serious mistake. These arbitrary, across-the-board budget cuts are damaging the economy.
May 18, 2015
it is absolutely essential for the CBO to provide us with independent, nonpartisan, and unbiased scores or projections
May 18, 2015
CEOs of large corporations now earn nearly 300 times what their workers make.
May 18, 2015
Yet my Republican colleagues have been absolutely determined to make certain that the wealthy and large corporations not contribute one penny more for deficit reduction.
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