Bernie Sanders

So overwhelmingly a bipartisan vote. Let's stand with the Senate. Let's protect American workers.

How does my friend feel about a tax bill, the one that the President is signing, which will give $43,000 in tax breaks to millionaires and a $10 a year tax cut to people making $50,000 a year or less? Does my friend think that that is a…

You did not answer the question. You talked about new jobs being created. You said exported jobs pay better. That is true, but most of the jobs being created are service industry low-wage jobs.

The House and the Senate and the White House. They have it all. Let me just conclude by thanking my friend from Oregon for being with me today. ____________________

We have got to stop it. Mr. DeFAZIO. We have got to stop the trade policies, tax policies, the fiscal bankruptcy policies that we are doing. I don't mean by the bankruptcy bill, that was bad enough, written by the credit card companies…

Let me interrupt my friend and tell you, I do not know if you have been to Mexico to view this. Mr. DeFAZIO. Yes, Machiadora.

Fourteen for a 5-minute vote. I thank the Chair. Parliamentary Inquiries Mr. MARKEY (during the vote). Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman may inquire.

We understand what happened today. Tell me why you will not allow that amendment to come up for a vote, despite the fact that the majority of the Members support it.

Before I yield, I would remind my friend, as I am sure he already knows, that we have exempted computers that he referred to in several instances from the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms…

Can I inquire again as to how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fossella). The gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) has 27 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining. The…

My friend from Michigan raises an important point about ABC, not a small company. They self-censored themselves. He is right. He is absolutely right. The FCC said that they would not fine them, and yet 66 affiliates said, We are still…

This bill leads to self-censorship. Small stations who are fined a half a million dollars are going to be very cautious. ``Saving Private Ryan'' was kept off of dozens of ABC affiliates because they were afraid of a fine.

Will the gentlewoman help us define what inappropriate is? Does the gentlewoman think that the film ``Saving Private Ryan,'' which depicted the incredible sacrifice by American troops on D-Day, is inappropriate and should have been kept…

I agree with millions of American citizens that no American should have to wait 4 hours to cast a vote. I agree with tens of millions of Americans who are very worried that when they cast a ballot on an electronic voting machine that there…

I simply would like the Members to stand up for folks who might go cold this winter. That is the point that I want to make.

I want to urge support for an amendment that has broad tripartisan support, support of the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Business and Industry Council, the Teamsters, the United Steel Workers, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Citizens Works. This is an…

I think the evidence is overwhelming that we are on the cusp of major breakthroughs which can change our entire use of energy in this country and lead us and the entire world to move toward clean, sustainable energy and away from nuclear…

Would the gentlemen be willing to work with the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and me to develop conference report language that would indicate the conference's expectation that the Department of Defense make a significant…

Does that commitment include the gentleman's willingness to support higher funding for Gulf War Illness research that might be included in the Senate version of the bill?

That is the third key point. Ignore the rules of the House of Representatives; and if you are losing, do not accept that. Just keep going and 3 hours later twist enough arms so that at 5:53 in the morning, I believe it was, you will get…

I thank my friend very much. My friend talks about the importance of economic reform in China, and I agree with him. But do you not think we also should be talking about the loss of millions of decent paying jobs?

The bottom line is, it is not acceptable that the veterans of this country not know the benefits to which they are entitled.

I think there is something fundamentally wrong with the priorities of this country when we have men and women who have put their lives on the line, who in Vermont and all over this country are on waiting lists, people who served this…

I want the President of the United States to go in front of the national media and say, I am vetoing this bill because I believe in more media consolidation. I think fewer large corporations should control what we see, hear, and read. I…

I must say, nobody should be happy that the American people are not going to have a debate on one of the most important constitutional issues facing this country. This process was very, very faulty; and I think it is unfortunate that that…