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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.
I think it's an important message. Look, we as Americans are going to have different points of view, political points of view. But I would hope that every American appreciates that hundreds of thousands of men and women who put their lives…
It is a mistake, to my mind, to be thinking about giving Netanyahu and his right-wing government another $10 billion. That's wrong. I oppose it. I hope the President will eventually oppose it.
It's not a question of quelling frustration, Dana. It's a question of feeding starving children. We are looking at one of the great humanitarian crises in modern history.
Workers are 15 times more likely to save for retirement if they do so via payroll deduction and 20 times more likely to save if access to a workplace retirement plan is automatic.
If corporations choose not to offer a retirement plan, they must give workers the option of contributing to a Federal pension plan.
Legislation we have proposed would lift the cap on Social Security starting at $200,000.
Workers are 15 times more likely to save for retirement if they do so via payroll deduction and 20 times more likely to save if access to a workplace retirement plan is automatic.
Legislation we have proposed would lift the cap on Social Security starting at $200,000.
If corporations choose not to offer a retirement plan, they must give workers the option of contributing to a Federal pension plan.
Saving the Affordable Care Act happened by one vote. The American Rescue Plan, 2 million workers' pensions happened by one vote.
Workers are 15 times more likely to save for retirement if they do so via payroll deduction and 20 times more likely to save if access to a workplace retirement plan is automatic.
Legislation we have proposed would lift the cap on Social Security starting at $200,000.
If corporations choose not to offer a retirement plan, they must give workers the option of contributing to a Federal pension plan.
We have the radical idea that maybe the people on top should start paying their fair share of taxes.
The truth is that we now have a retirement crisis in America that demands our immediate attention.
As a Nation, we have more income and wealth inequality today than we ever had in the history of America.
We ought to change that to 18. We ought to have workplace retirement plans pick up 18, 19, and 20 year olds that are working.
We must expand Social Security, not cut Social Security as many of my colleagues in Congress would have us do.
I would hope that we would agree that is simply unacceptable and that has got to change.
Incredibly, and this really is quite incredible, one out of every four senior citizens in America are trying to live on an income of less than $15,000 a year.
Thank you for holding this important and timely hearing and offer our appreciation for lifting up the reality of high drug costs in the United States.
Adam Smith hated monopolies. It was the No. 1 thing he hated the most, monopolies.
We are beginning, beginning to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.
Over the past 25 years, the pharmaceutical industry... spent over $8.5 billion on lobbying and more than $745 million on campaign contributions.
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