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

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

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

We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history.

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

If that is going to happen, if we are going to defeat creeping authoritarianism and right-wing extremism, there has got to be an ideological change of course.

if you want to do well in this election, talk to the needs of the American people, have the guts to take on the big money and trusts who have so much power.

we have to ask ourselves is, 'What do people stand for?'

There has got to be an ideological change of course.

the progressive community in general and the American people have got to make a decision as to whether we stand for democracy or authoritarianism.

there are so many long-term problems that this country is facing.

I call up my amendment No. 1030 and ask that it be reported by number. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for himself and…

Year after year, with very little debate, we pour hundreds of billions of dollars into the military-industrial complex. This year, it is about $900 billion. While defense contractors make huge profits, while the Pentagon remains unaudited…

I ask unanimous consent for 30 more seconds. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

our healthcare system is broken. Eighty- five million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, and we don't even have enough doctors, nurses, or mental health providers. Unbelievably, our life expectancy is actually declining. Our…

My remarks will be brief. I just want to thank the chairman, Senator Wyden, of the Finance Committee, for his commitment and for his leadership on these issues. I look forward to working with him to expand access to primary care in America…

Let me begin by thanking Chairman Wyden for his leadership on the need to fundamentally reform our Nation's organ transplant program. I share his concerns. A 2020 bipartisan Finance Committee investigation that Chairman Wyden co-led with…

the Senate is now debating an $886 billion Defense authorization bill, and unless there are major changes to that bill, I intend to vote against it. Let me take a few minutes to explain why. I think everybody in our country knows that we…

she should stay in that role whether she has the votes or not.

tomorrow morning, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will be marking up three landmark pieces of legislation which will make it easier for workers to form unions, it will guarantee up to 7 paid sick days for every worker…

We have got to move dramatically if we are serious about protecting the mental health and helping people in this country.

As political leaders in this country, it is our job to address it.

We have got to move dramatically if we are serious about protecting the mental health and helping people in this country.

If 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, and if we have a scarcity of mental health providers in this country, am I missing something in suggesting that for tens of millions of people--I know people call my office.

As political leaders in this country, it is our job to address it.