Bernie Sanders

We have heard from Senator Paul and Dr. Hulsey that, essentially, as I understand it, people can access healthcare if they want it.

As a result of the greed, and recklessness, and illegal behavior of Wall Street, we are now... in the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Forty-five thousand Americans die because they lack health insurance.

Poverty in America is, in fact, a death sentence.

According to the latest figures from the OECD, the United States has both the highest overall poverty rate and the highest childhood poverty rate of any major industrialized country on Earth.

When we talk about poverty in America, I think a lot of thoughts go through our minds.

Today, there are nearly 44 million Americans, living below the poverty line, and that is the largest number on record.

IS POVERTY A DEATH SENTENCE?

We have 50 million people who are uninsured--are not able to get to the doctor, or the hospital, or afford it.

What is especially tragic and reprehensible is that with the kind of childhood poverty rates we are seeing today, unless we turn this vicious circle around, we are dooming a significant part of an entire future generation to unnecessary…

There are some in Congress who wish to decimate the existing safety net.

This also comes at a time when the United States has, by far, the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth.

But frankly, I think that gives cold comfort to millions and millions of people.

Thank you for understanding the great health threats that more and more Americans suffer because of poverty.

I always hesitate to quote somebody who's not here.

What is the problem, Mr. Chairman, in your judgment, about taking these recommendations and starting an immediate discussion to see what we like or don't like?

I will just start again by telling you how I begin my thinking.

The function of the NRC is not to represent the nuclear power industry.

Not only do we deal with infrastructure, and the need to rebuild our infrastructure is apparent to everybody in this Country, but in the process, we can create over a period of years millions of good-paying jobs.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has graded America's roads, public transit and aviation with a D.

One of the stupid elements that we do about delaying infrastructure ends up costing us more, because we allow it to deteriorate.

This is I think one of the great impediments that we face, getting that up-front money and paying it back with reduced fuel costs.

What are my savings over a 10-year period?

If I'm building an average size home in Vermont right now, in English how much is it going to cost me to put in geothermal?

What about reductions in greenhouse gas emissions?