Bernie Sanders

My concern with Mr. Manchin is not so much what his views are. I disagree with him. But it is that it is wrong. It is really not playing fair that one or two people think that they could be able to stop what 48 members of the Democratic…

But the time is long overdue for him to tell us, with specificity, not generalities -- we`re beyond generalities -- with specificity, what he wants and what he does not want, and to explain that to the people of West Virginia and America.

Well, I think Senator Sinema is wrong. Both of these bills are going forward in tandem, going forward in tandem. We have got to pass them both.

This is an absurd way to do business.

I am urging the House to vote no on the roads and bridges bill tonight.

You cannot in my view have an agreement at 2:00 in the morning that nobody has seen.

What you got now are 48 out of 50 members who are prepared to support this legislation. You have 95 percent of the House Democrats prepared to support the legislation. It's not like, okay, let's reach a middle ground. We have the…

It was okay for the Republicans to use reconciliation to provide some $2 trillion unpaid for, and tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country. That was fine.

This will get done, and I think it will be a real asset.

I think my frustration, Anderson, is not necessarily the views of Mr. Manchin or Miss Sinema. It is that when you've got 48 people on one side and the American people overwhelmingly on the same side, and one or two people on the other…

But I think there has been a lot of frustration with both of those senators in that they have not come forward and said, you know, this is what I want.

This is a very consequential struggle, but at the end of the day, I think we're going to win this.

I think it is morally irresponsible, inconceivable that this country is not leading the world in cutting carbon emissions and taking on the fossil fuel industry.

It must be pointed out that this is going to be paid for. This is not adding to the debt.

This bill, if I have anything to say about it will be 100 percent paid for by ending the tax breaks and the loopholes that the wealthy and large corporations now are able to enjoy.

But what is even more important to my mind is to finally address the long neglected needs of working families all over this country, and tell them that Congress is listening to their needs, and not just the billionaires and campaign…

I think that what will likely happen tomorrow, Anderson, I can't be sure is that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will not succeed and that's what I think is the right thing, and I support the progressives in the House for doing that.

I strongly urge my house colleagues to vote against the bipartisan infrastructure bill until Congress passes a strong reconciliation bill.

Let`s be crystal clear. If the bipartisan infrastructure bill is passed on its own on Thursday, it will be in violation of an agreement that was reached within the Democratic Caucus in Congress.

What the overwhelming majority of members of the Democratic Caucus what is a $6 trillion bill. We have already made a significant compromise. Now, the president is -- I was in the White House yesterday. The president is doing a very good…

We strongly support the Congressional Progressive Caucus and other members in the house who have said they intend to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill only once the Build Back Better act is passed.

I am endorsing Jagmeet Singh for the New Democratic Party.

I think we`re going to do what the American people want and pass the most consequential piece of legislation in a very long time.

The American people want us to address the crises facing working people and have the guts finally to stand up to the big money interest of the United States Congress.

What we want to do is, in fact, pay for it. We -- I -- you know, if I had my druthers, I would pay for every nickel of it by demanding as the president just said, that we end the absurdity of large corporations making billions and in a…