Bernie Sanders

To do that, you are going to have to pay child care workers commensurate salaries to what we pay teachers.

I don't think that is such a bad idea myself.

The purpose of Federal education programs in the United States is to provide equity in our education system.

Is that tied up in the reconciliation package?

We need a revolution in child care--every kid in this country, as is the case in many European countries.

I would hope, Mr. Chairman, that we can fight as hard as we can to put money in weatherization.

I'm very proud to say--and I argue with Barbara Boxer about this a bit, but we think Vermont may in fact be leading the country in that direction.

I think we are at the cusp of transforming our energy system. Energy efficiency is at the heart of that.

For every dollar we spend on that, I think in terms of job creation, in terms of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, in terms of saving fuel, I think it's a dollar very, very well spent.

I think if you are going to talk about education, there are millions of kids who are 10 years old who understand they aren't ever going to go to college because they cannot afford it.

By raising taxes on wealthy individuals.

In this country, to go to a good college costs maybe $50,000 a year at a time when many working families do not make $50,000.

Scandinavia actually pays you to go to university. You get a subsidy for your living costs.

We do not want to be the only country where our educational standards can not compete with the rest of the world.

We put them in jail rather than investing in child care and an education.

For the first time in 36 years, seniors and disabled veterans and persons with disabilities will not be receiving a cost-of-living adjustment, a COLA on their benefits. The argument for that is that they are not seeing inflationary costs…

White-Nose Syndrome is a wildlife health crisis of grave concern to Vermont, the larger Northeast, and the nation.

I would hope that he would allow us, not for our sake, but for the sake of tens and tens of thousands of people, to get those checks out. Let's come back and continue that debate. You have raised the right issues. These unemployment checks…

For the record, the sum was $350 billion over 10 years, not $1 trillion. The trillion would have been the complete repeal of the estate tax. But nonetheless, $350 billion benefiting the top three-tenths of 1 percent is a sizable chunk of…

I find it remarkable, picking up on the point the Senator from Oregon made a moment ago, here we were talking about $1 trillion over a 10-year period to benefit the top three-tenths of 1 percent. I don't recall hearing anybody saying: Hey…

My recollection is that a number of months ago there was a vote here on the floor of the Senate regarding the repeal of the estate tax. My understanding is that vote to repeal a significant part of the estate tax would have benefited, as I…

I thank the Senator for yielding. We have talked about the fact that unemployment today and economic suffering is probably greater than at any time since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But I wonder if the Senator from Illinois is aware…

I am strongly supportive of the proposed budget's $5 million for the Community Wood Energy Program.

We need discrete and dedicated federal funding available for combating White-Nose Syndrome and containing its spread.

I would urge you to do everything that you can to help us clean up our air and prevent our kids from getting asthma and other very serious diseases.