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Bernie Sanders

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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.

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Jun 10, 2009

Medicare is a much more popular program than Aetna is, with all due respect.

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Jun 10, 2009

I think the number of one-third may well be----

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Jun 10, 2009

How do you feel--everybody here, regardless of political persuasion, is worried about the soaring costs of healthcare.

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Jun 10, 2009

The truth is that of any program out there, single-payer is the most popular.

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May 11, 2009

I applaud the President for understanding that reality, for beginning the process of putting the necessary funds into that struggle.

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May 11, 2009

We do not have options about whether we keep our children healthy, about whether or not the air we breathe is clean.

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May 6, 2009

My time has expired. Thank you very much, and I will certainly look forward to working with you in the years to come.

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May 6, 2009

I think what you will have to be aware of is the drug companies will spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to prevent us from doing that, and I hope we will be able to stand up to that pressure because high cost of prescription…

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May 6, 2009

I find it very hard to believe, in a world of unfettered, free trade, that we cannot safely bring medicine in from Canada or the United Kingdom.

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May 6, 2009

I personally find it hard to understand how we can import food from small farms in Mexico and in the back woods of China, and that is OK, but somehow or another we are not able to import less expensive prescription drugs from…

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May 6, 2009

I hope that you will work on that issue. I think it is absolutely doable and I think that millions of people would be very grateful to see lower-cost prescription drugs in this country.

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May 6, 2009

Trying to get a handle on caloric intake of people, maybe making fast food chains publish in their menus the kinds of calories that people are absorbing.

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