Bernie Sanders

We've got to pass the For the People Act and if no Republican is prepared to support us, we've got to go with it alone.

What Republicans are trying to do now all over this country is stack the deck to make it harder for the people who will vote Democratic to vote

The only way we are going to go forward to protect American democracy, to give people in states all over this country a fair shot at electing who they want is by passing that bill.

What we are going to be bringing up within the next month is the For the People Act, which basically says the very radical statement that in America, if you're 18 years of age or older and a citizen, you have the right to vote.

What Republicans are doing in an absolutely shameful, disgraceful, cowardly way is making it harder for people of color, for poor people, for young people to vote.

To make the Senate work, you've got to start doing what the American people want us to do and that is stand up for working families and not just for the top one percent, and when you do that -- that is called democracy. It's called…

This is an existential crisis.

Joe has voted for terrible trade agreements.

Support such as that displayed by Senators Collins, Sanders, and others for strategic loan repayment programs is critical.

We simply need to increase the number of healthcare professionals we train, including doctors.

I want to thank the Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Ranking Member, Senator Susan Collins, and other Members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to discuss the healthcare workforce crisis facing U.S. communities.

The costs of prescription drugs are off the wall, and many people cannot afford that.

Hundreds and hundreds of medical professionals have died as heroes and heroines fighting COVID-19.

The United States will have a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033.

The Federal Government plays an enormously important role in how many physicians we have.

Primary care alone will be facing a shortage of up to 55,000 physicians.

And I thank you, Senator Sanders, for championing the recent historic investment in the National Health Service Corps.

Our Country faces many healthcare crises. Too many of our people are uninsured or underinsured.

I think what is important about this is not only the accountability, but continuing to show to the Department how seriously you are taking these issues.

The importance of the Department of Defense mission along with its significant taxpayer resources means that it must be a model for efficiency and for accountability.

Just spending huge amounts of money does not make our military more effective.

The time is long overdue for us to take a hard look at the enormous amount of waste, at the cost overruns, at the fraud, and at the financial mismanagement that has plagued the Department of Defense and the military-industrial complex for…

These companies for all intents and purposes almost function as Government agencies, the vast majority of their revenue coming from the public, and yet their CEOs make over 100 times more than the Secretary of Defense of the United States…

We must also make sure that taxpayer dollars do not go to risky contractors.

Almost 600,000 Americans are homeless.