Bernie Sanders

Because the capacity already exists in New York Harbor and it does not make sense to build new capacity when we already have existing capacity.

The reality is that unlike the weatherization program, which is well distributed to all 50 States, the lion's share of fossil fuel research money goes to relatively few States. In fact, over 50 percent of the designated funds goes to four…

Reclaiming my time, I really was not trying to be partisan. My colleague can attack Clinton and so forth. The only point that I was making, and I did not mean to be partisan, I only meant to record for the Record what the Republicans in…

The bottom line is that as a result of taxpayer-funded support, very important and wonderful drugs are developed. But the problem, Mr. Chairman, is that millions of Americans who paid for the research to develop those drugs cannot afford…

I think a $1-an-hour increase over a 2-year period is not enough. In my view, we should raise the minimum wage today to at least $6.50 an hour. The idea, however, of doing it over a 3-year period is an absolute insult to millions and…

So what the gentlewoman is saying, that despite the fact that 285 Members of this body, Democrats, Republicans, Independent, voted overwhelmingly to reform our milk marketing order. The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug…

The problems facing veterans all over this country and especially in rural areas are very serious, and I think this amendment is helpful.

This amendment expresses the Congress' support of efforts to improve rural health care delivery for our veterans, and I believe it is absolutely noncontroversial. It is imperative that the special needs of veterans living in rural areas…

The war has been over for 7 years. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and I and other people have attended numerous hearings. We have reached conclusions. Tens of thousands of veterans are ill from Gulf War illness, and they are…

I would just mention, Mr. Chairman, that in terms of the offset that we are talking about, fossil energy programs have received over $15 billion in 1995 dollars in Federal funding since 1974. Maybe it is about time we pay attention to the…

The subsidies for fossil fuels are targeted in the Green Scissors 1998 report, which is supported by organizations representing more than 8.5 million environmentalists, taxpayers and deficit hawks. So this is a popular concept that we are…

These people who are lending the money are running to the Congress and saying, fund the IMF. Give the money to Russia so that we can make sure we get back our money at 100, 125 percent. ... the conditions that came out of the Mexican…

Does my friend understand that this amendment has nothing to do and does not change in any way our ability to deal with stabilizing U.S. currency?

Mr. Chairman, the Starbase program is a chance for Members in the House to support their National Guard and to fund an educational program that represents just the kind of policy initiatives we need in this country. It is endorsed by the…

This in my view is very unfortunate, but I am hopeful that the gentleman will work to support the National Guard Starbase program in conference and bring the funding level to the $6 million appropriated in the other body.

I appreciate the differences that we have in the Northeast Dairy Compact, but it is really not appropriate to call it un-American. In fact, it is the essence of what America is about. Six States at the grassroots level, people came…

I am delighted to see my friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin, my good friend, suddenly defending the free market theory when on so many issues we have stood together and said that it is absolutely appropriate to protect working people, to…

That is really good. I think farmers, dairy farmers, and others need additional sources of income. Agritourism has proved successful in New Mexico and other States. I look forward to working with the gentleman in the future to consider it…

In my view, a corporation is not a person. In fact, it's not even close.

I would, by the way, agree with the gentleman about the shame of having our soldiers on food stamps, and maybe we should put more money into their needs and less into B-2 bombers. But that is another story. The point I want to make is the…

I suggest to my friend, the gentleman from Washington, we are spending $267 billion this year on defense in addition to our NATO allies and all their expenditures in addition to the intelligence. That is a lot of money.

I think it is a fair rule. Among other things, it, in fact, allows this Congress to begin debating major priorities as to whether or not we are going to increase spending for the intelligence budget, despite the end of the Cold War and…

I want to address one of the most important issues facing American veterans and one of the great medical dilemmas facing our entire country, and that is that over 70,000 veterans of the Persian Gulf war, including hundreds in my own State…

Indentured child labor is one of the ugliest forms of slavery that exists in this world. This Congress should stand up for those children. We should not be importing products made by indentured child labor, and I thank both parties for…

What we are trying to do in a bipartisan way is to provide $5 million to some of the weakest and most vulnerable people in this country, senior citizens who are in need of nutrition but are too weak to get out of their own homes to get it…