Bernie Sanders

The budget before us actually invests only half as much in weatherization for 2013 as we did in 2008.

The degree to which, as a Nation, as a Congress, we are not dealing with the horrendous planetary crisis of global warming.

It is beyond comprehension to me that we are not moving forward aggressively.

We think if we're serious about energy efficiency and using electricity as efficiently as we can, this will be a major step forward.

Coming up with loans that will be repaid as a result of lowered billing?

If there's any win/win/win situation that I see in this country, being aggressive about weatherization is it.

Will you work with us on this concept of on bill financing?

It's just common sense, if I lower your fuel bill by 30 percent, why not?

It is very sad that we have a major political party where many of its leading members actually reject what the, virtually, the entire world scientific community is saying.

I think energy efficiency is a huge step forward.

S. 1716 by Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT). S. 1716 not only defines a 'highly qualified teacher'...

I think you have a whole lot of children and other people are walking around with teeth that are rotting in their mouths, and causing infections, and it is very painful.

If you are poor, if you are uneducated, you are more likely to become ill.

Struggle in terms of how to feed your family, or take care of your child, or go to work.

Which is why some of us, among other things, are trying to build community health centers all over the country.

I want to talk on a number of issues, but I would tell my friend from North Dakota, I very strongly disagree with him about this Keystone XL Pipeline. For those of us who are concerned about global warming, and all of the destruction that…

But I think to the degree that that can be done under public scrutiny and that your votes are made public on the day that you make them, I can't see why that is not a positive thing.

I just don't think it is an awfully complicated question.

To increase accountability, so the American people know how you are addressing and voting on very, very important issues, will each of you commit to conduct votes in public where people can see for themselves how you fulfill your…

People want to know, did you vote yes, did you vote no.

I think it is just important to reiterate, and make sure we have it in the record, that after all of the attacks about the 'hostile work environment' that in the major surveys that are done of various Government agencies, in terms of being…

I suspect that in all of our lives, unlike Mr. Magwood, I have lost my temper.

I find that is a very interesting remark.

Sometimes we vote on 1,000-page reports, but we still have to.

You do not--I mean, when we vote, we go down, and we say yes or no. There is an issue. Sometimes you vote and people don't know about it for weeks later.