Bernie Sanders

I would just urge the gentleman to understand that people on this side are not tolerant of any improper behavior in terms of the administration of those funds, and we will work with them to get at the root of the problem. We would hope…

While I appreciate the very tough decisions faced by the committee, construction funds are critical for the Marsh-Billings Park. The funds are needed to construct new restrooms, visitor orientation space, staff offices, and an art storage…

With the gentleman's assistance, last year Congress provided some initial funding for the park, and I am pleased that the fiscal year 1998 bill fully meets the park's needs for its operating costs. However, the bill does not provide the…

In 1980 in real dollars PILT payments were $180 million. Today they are $113 million. It is the communities and the children and the citizens of those communities who are suffering.

Yes, we turn on the television. Let us look at that for a moment. Who owns NBC? Well, General Electric Corp., one of the largest corporations in America. The gentleman mentioned them, among others.

The issue that he is talking about is the most important issue facing our society, and that is that never before in American history, at least the modern history of this country, have the people on top had so much wealth and have had so…

I do, Mr. Chairman. Just in an informal sense, I would choose not to challenge the gentleman from Louisiana if I could have some assurances that he will work with me in trying to get some money to an agency outside of the DOD so that we…

For young people graduating high school, their entry level jobs are now paying 30 percent less than was the case 15 years ago. For young women, it is about 17 or 18 percent less. Furthermore, Americans at the lower end of the wage scale…

If we want a volunteer program, let us develop a volunteer program. But a volunteer program says, we would like you to volunteer. And we create the circumstances. That is a good idea. If we want people to work, we have got to pay them. I…

And working less. Yet what is happening? Just the opposite is happening. And what is the end result? The end result is corporate profits soar, CEO salaries soar, and distribution of wealth becomes more and more unfair.

I think, picking up on the point of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kucinich], that the truth of the matter is the average American worker is scared to death.

Excuse me, Mr. Thomas. You made a falsehood and I would like an apology. I was on the ballot in the State of Vermont as an independent, always have been, and I would like an apology from you, sir.

Mr. Chairman, it is a national disgrace that large numbers of people in this country, including many elderly people, go cold in the wintertime. That is not what this country is supposed to be about. It is especially stupid that we have a…

In fact, Mr. Chairman, we should be standing in opposition to that policy. Our tax dollars should not be going to that policy. Imagine the worker from Lockheed-Martin who has been laid off because of the merger saying, ``My tax dollars…

How terrible it was; how could we continue to have covered, how would we continue to fund the HUD agencies when they are going mismanagement like that? Does the gentleman not a see a little bit of a discrepancy in judgment, in opinion, in…

My friend from Washington will recall that last year, same time, same place, we had the same debate. The gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] and myself and others said we think we are spending too much on the intelligence, and we had…

I would simply conclude by stating that I think the Watt amendment is simple and straightforward. What it says is that in the United States of America, we should not have children sleeping out on the streets, we should not have people…

This debate centers on two issues. At a time when the gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider, when the real wages of American workers has declined by 16 percent over the last 20 years, when most of the new jobs being created…

The leadership of this Congress has passed huge tax breaks for the rich and for the largest corporations in America. But somehow, when some of us want to raise the minimum wage for millions of American workers, we are told that we are not…

I know that there are some Members of Congress who believe they know everything about everything, but maybe once in awhile Members of this body might want to show a little humility. We are discussing a procedure which, as I understand it…

But here is the problem that we have: As the gentleman knows better than I do, during the conference committee the Pentagon comes trotting down and says ``Well, maybe that language won't work in stopping this outrageous series of bonuses…

Just tell the American people why it is OK to slash Medicare, education, and Head Start at a time, for example, in terms of education, we know we need more help for education, when at the same time half of the intelligence budget as I…

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I object. We are talking about $244 billion. I think we need more debate than 5 hours.

All over this country we have elderly people who must in their homes, in order to survive, prevent their homes from becoming very, very cold or in fact very, very warm. The Chairman is aware that today on the front page of the Washington…

You said something about homos in the military. Was the gentleman referring to the thousands and thousands of gay people who have put their lives on the line in countless wars defending this country? Was that the groups of people that the…