Senator Marshall raised this issue from almost the first time we sat down and seriously discussed it. If we are going to talk about prevention, we have to talk about obesity, among other things, because we are looking at a major--you tell…

Let me thank Senator Marshall and his staff so much for their hard work and say, as he just said, we think there are other ideas that can improve it. We are open to new ideas. We hope to be marking up and intend to be marking up this bill…

this is an issue I have worked on since I have been in Congress. And one of the results of that--working with others--is that, in my State of Vermont, I think--I think--we are leading the Nation in terms of the number of people per capita…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

let me begin by thanking Senator Marshall of Kansas for his very hard work on the bill that we have introduced today after being on the floor with me this afternoon to briefly discuss it. And I also want to thank his staff and my staff for…

The very, very wealthy are doing phenomenally well, while working families are struggling.

We have got to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing and vision.

We have got to bring the progressive community together to say, you know what, we're going to fight for a progressive agenda.

We got to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing and vision.

The Biden administration has made some progress. We have got a long way to go.

We cannot have four more years of Donald Trump in the White House.

We got to expand Social Security. Wants to cut Medicare. We have got to expand Medicare to include dental, hearing and vision.

We have got to create an economy that works for all, not just a few.

We finally took on the pharmaceutical industry, and we're beginning to make some progress in lowering the cost of prescription drugs.

We got to create an economy that works for all, not just a few.

The answer is yes. Bob, the answer is, yes, it should.

The people who own the large corporations are enjoying record-breaking profits.

I think the issue is, are Democrats doing enough to win back a working class which is leaving the Democratic Party?

We have a health care system which is totally broken.

We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history.

We got to bring the progressive community together to say, you know what, we're going to fight for a progressive agenda.

At the appropriate time, we may well do that.

We brought Mr. Schultz from Starbucks before the committee. We are looking at Amazon.

If we speak to the needs of young people, and that is having a lot to do with student debt, if we demand that the wealthiest people in this country stop paying their fair share of taxes, if we come up with a progressive agenda, I think…

We're going to take one step at a time.