Bernie Sanders

While offsets will offer an opportunity to engage the forestry and agricultural sectors in emission reductions, we should provide funding for targeted incentive programs that help small farmers and landowners who may not be engaged in…

We can and should provide flexible incentive programs to landowners and farmers who achieve tangible greenhouse gas emissions reductions through recognized practices.

We need to ensure that the lessons learned from States like Vermont that have been leaders in early action on energy efficiency and environmental preservation are applied to global warming legislation.

I ask that the Administration work with State and local officials in Vermont and put the appropriate resources into finding solutions to the spread of Asian longhorned beetles.

I am pleased that the Environment and Public Works Subcommittees on Oversight and Water and Wildlife are holding today's hearing to discuss threats to native species.

I think that is an extraordinary statement.

We do not know how to get rid of it.

Thank you very much.

We have the possibility over a period of years of creating millions and millions of good paying jobs.

The overwhelming numbers of scientists who have studied this issue not only worry about global warming.

We are spending $350 billion every single year purchasing oil from abroad.

If we become energy independent, we do not need to be getting involved in wars like Iraq.

I think the number of one-third may well be----

What do you think about the appropriateness and morality of private insurance companies denying people coverage because of pre-existing conditions?

We have to understand the system is fundamentally broken.

I think we need to take a hard look at reimbursement rates.

Medicare is a much more popular program than Aetna is, with all due respect.

How do you feel--everybody here, regardless of political persuasion, is worried about the soaring costs of healthcare.

The truth is that of any program out there, single-payer is the most popular.

Does this sound like a sensible system to you?

We do not have options about whether we keep our children healthy, about whether or not the air we breathe is clean.

I applaud the President for understanding that reality, for beginning the process of putting the necessary funds into that struggle.

I think what you will have to be aware of is the drug companies will spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent us from doing that, and I hope we will be able to stand up to that pressure because high cost of prescription…

My time has expired. Thank you very much, and I will certainly look forward to working with you in the years to come.

I personally find it hard to understand how we can import food from small farms in Mexico and in the back woods of China, and that is OK, but somehow or another we are not able to import less expensive prescription drugs from…