Bernie Sanders

As I mentioned earlier, even in my State, a cold weather State, we are beginning, beginning, to see an increased utilization of geothermal.

If we achieve solar permit reforms as this legislation attempts to do, what will that mean for the average homeowner who wants to install solar panels in terms of lower costs and less hassle?

Your company's report on solar permitting, which was endorsed by a number of solar energy companies, indicates that countries like Germany can install solar energy at prices 40 percent lower than we do here in the U.S.

Let me just say for the record, I believe that's about half. We think the new nuclear might be 10 or 12 cents and we're talking about 6 cents. So the potential here is enormous.

I was proud to introduce this legislation with Senator Boozman and very much appreciate the chairman's support as an original co-sponsor.

I tell my good friend from California, day after day, we hear from some of our colleagues how they don't trust the Federal Government and they don't want the Federal Government getting involved in the issues impacting their constituents…

Thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record on behalf of Feeding America.

Are we happy with that as a nation?

Is that good economics? I think not.

We have 70 programs doing the same thing. I think we need to ask the question, how do we get rid of duplicate programs?

What we've heard from Dr. Koren is that in fact as a nation we are unnecessarily spending many, many billions of dollars because seniors are incurring a number of illnesses and problems because of poor nutrition.

We look forward to working with the groups in the aging network, Congress and the Administration to advance the interests, independence, and well-being of older Americans.

The cost of this entire bill that we're talking about nutrition and nonnutrition, is $2 billion, compared to $19 billion addressing just the issues relating to falls.

I believe... that prevention, keeping people healthy, taking care of their needs at home, does actually save money.

Let me ask you this. Can you give us a rough estimate as to how many seniors today as we speak are not getting the nutrition that they need?

Hunger and food insecurity is a serious problem among many older Americans.

I think one of the main points that I want to make this morning... is that investing in seniors, making sure that seniors have the nutrition that they need, is not only the right and moral thing to do; it is the financially smart thing to…

Let me repeat that: Saves money for the government, because when we do that, when we make sure that our seniors have adequate nutrition...

In my view, the problem that we are discussing today, food security among seniors, is both a moral issue and it is a financial issue.

We look forward to hearing testimony from the witnesses and from committee members on the issue of senior hunger.

Today in America we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth.

I don't want to see one senior in this country go hungry. It's the morally right thing to do, and from a fiscally conservative point of view saving government money in my view, it is the right thing to do.

Our goal should be that no senior in this country goes hungry, that we do everything that we can to keep seniors out of nursing homes.

States certainly under the Supreme Court decision do have the right for economic reasons to determine whether or not they want a nuclear power plant.

The decision of California to exercise that authority does not in itself constitute a basis for preemption.