Bernie Sanders

Do you think, then, we can have a representative there?

What was the fine that Entergy paid for this mishap? How many millions of dollars was that?

You want confidence? Then these guys are going to have to have the power to assure the American people that these plants are absolutely safe.

Critical times at nuclear plants call for special inspections, both to ensure the public safety but also to boost public confidence.

I do know that we are grossly underestimating the significance of energy efficiency and renewable energy as we attempt to deal with the energy crisis that we currently face.

It seems to me inexplicable that there are no fines attached to this lack of oversight.

Do you know what, Senator Craig? When people see this, and they find out that a company like Energy gets zero fine, confidence is not terribly high.

Public safety must be job No. 1 when it comes to nuclear power.

We have to get it right today.

OK. I think this vote is long overdue, and it is something the American people want to see.

I think, again, we want to move and pass, I hope, the Indian health bill. But I think if we are honest--obviously, if people want to bring up 30 amendments, that would kill the Indian health bill, but if that is not the desire, if there…

I wonder why it would be that when we face a dire crisis all across this country, we cannot move forward vigorously in providing relief to seniors and low-income people who need this help. I would love to have a response to that, Madam…

I cannot support providing more money for continuing our ill-conceived and tragic presence in Iraq, money provided with no requirement for plans as to when the redeployment will begin, when it will be concluded, and what our future course…

But, unfortunately, on this one he is dead wrong, and the amendments on wind energy he has brought forth should be soundly defeated in a tripartisan vote. Let me begin by quoting from an AP article that appeared on the front page of…

What the Gregg amendment does is take $5.1 billion from agricultural disaster assistance for farmers, and it puts $924 million into LIHEAP. What my amendment does is put $924 million into LIHEAP but does not affect agriculture disaster…

Let me conclude by applauding Majority Leader Harry Reid, Chairman Kent Conrad, and Senators Schumer, Dorgan, and Boxer for publicly expressing their opposition to the Nussle nomination. The bottom line is today the economy is doing very…

The truth is the oil companies are ripping off the American people. This moment in American history is a time that our country needs to radically change the way it does energy... What we must begin to do, and what this legislation is…

To conclude, this amendment has widespread support from the business community and from organized labor. It has support from the environmental community. What it says is if we are going to go forward in a bold way, breaking our dependence…

I agree with my friend from North Dakota. But he will remember something else. Doesn't this argument about passing legislation that will stop illegal immigration ring a bell in terms of the debate we had over NAFTA? Does my friend from…

For 40 years, federally qualified health centers have provided high quality primary health care for millions of Americans, regardless of their income, and as the chairman just indicated, they do that in a very cost-effective way. If the…

We hear much from the Bush administration and our Republican friends, almost on a daily basis, about how wonderfully our economy is doing. I recall not so long ago being at a Budget Committee hearing when we heard the Secretary of the…

But after all is said and done, a budget is a statement about our values, about our priorities, and what we as a nation stand for. That is what a budget is about. In my view, the time is long overdue for the Congress in its budget to get…

Working with the President of the United States, working in a bipartisan manner, we have to come up with ideas, place them on the table, and end the disgrace of having the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world…

Let me just pick up and agree with the gentleman. The CRS did a study on this issue: What would happen to congressional pensions if we went the direction of cash balance? Well, among other things, the Speaker of the House would not be too…

Let me reiterate the point Ms. Woolsey made a few moments ago. We have people who have worked for a company for 20 or 30 years. During their careers, in many instances, they had offers to move elsewhere, but they said, no, I am going to…