Bernie Sanders

I think it is a hair higher than that. I think it is about $14,000 a year. But the point is, I would say to the Senator from Louisiana, there are millions of seniors for whom that is either all or almost all of their income. That is it…

The Tea Party wants to ignore the Clean Air Act's success.

Make no mistake: As pollution levels have fallen, the U.S. economy has grown.

America leads the world in the export of environmental products--all proudly stamped with the 'Made in the U.S.A.' label.

The economic benefits of the Clean Air Act are estimated at more than 30 times the cost of compliance.

Thank you for this opportunity to address the potential for job creation under the current proposed regulatory regime.

This law is also an employment generator.

I believe that once they see the facts, they will come to realize that moving our country forward cannot mean going backwards on clean air rules.

If you are concerned about keeping people healthy, out of the hospital, premature deaths, you are also concerned about the quality of air that our children are breathing.

But the truth is that pollution is what kills people and kills jobs.

This standard will save, we believe, some 17,000 lives every year.

Last month, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Robert Aderholt, Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Representative Robert J. Wittman, and Representative Dennis Kucinich met with two members of the Russian Federation lower house of…

Enforcing the Clean Air Act vigorously not only saves lives but it also saves money.

I think what Senator Inhofe is saying in a sense is correct.

So the bottom line is that investing in maintaining clean air and water creates jobs?

Everybody is concerned about the high costs of health care in the United States.

But you would argue that at a time of great concern about health care costs, you are running a cost-effective operation?

We are working with other organizations, we are making some significant progress.

It appears to me we are making some progress. Can you give us some background on that?

I know that you are also focusing on two of the major signature problems of our time, and that is PTSD, a very, very serious problem, and TBI.

The fact that veterans do not have to drive long distances to a large hospital to get the primary health care they need is a huge benefit to them.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman.

You made that point, and you pledged to us that you would address that issue, which you are doing.

I think Mr. Trumka makes an important point in his presentation, and that is that we are in the midst of this recession right now primarily, in my view, because of the greed and recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street.

We are in the midst of this recession right now primarily, in my view, because of the greed and recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street.