Bernie Sanders

The cost of inaction, of not combating climate change, will be far, far more expensive in every way than transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel.

This so-called hoax threatens to destroy our food and water supply, flood our cities and towns, and displace millions of people from their homes.

The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real.

We have got to act, and act extremely aggressively.

If we do nothing, the effects of climate change will throw over 100 million people throughout the world into extreme poverty.

So to my mind, what infrastructure is about, it's not only physical infrastructure, it is human infrastructure.

I think the definition of infrastructure are the goods and services and structures that maintain a society.

Well, the devil will be in the details. And if Republicans are serious about wanting to create millions of jobs, rebuilding our crumbling roads, and bridges, and wastewater plants, and so forth, that's great.

Absolutely, absolutely. I mean, it's a very long discussion. But the bottom line is that we need major, major reform in so many respects, in terms of police departments, all across this country.

This is a tragic movie that we have seen over and over and over again, countless times. And I think the word has got to get up. We need major, major Police Department reform. Lethal force has got to be the very last resort. We need police…

The criticism of the President's infrastructure spending plan mostly over what is infrastructure and what isn't.

I know you will be shocked that after Mitch McConnell’s vehement, anti-corporate rant today, that he will vote vigorously and lead the opposition against asking large corporations, the wealthy, to start paying their fair share of taxes.

I think the Republican Trump party now, at least certain leaders of the party, are trying to pretend that they are a party of the working class.

We have got to be extremely aggressive. I can’t think of any more issue, any issue more important than making sure that Americans can vote and participate in the political process.

What Republicans are doing, is trying to protect their interests by making it harder for people who might be voting against them to participate in the political process.

It is just extraordinary, Chris. Imagine that after $1 trillion of tax breaks to large corporations, to lowering the corporate tax rate, after protecting the pharmaceutical industry from charging us by far the highest prices in the world…

If elected president of the United States, we`re going to do everything that we can to rebuild the trade union movement in this country.

Joe has voted for terrible trade agreements.

Senator Bernie Sanders who led a delegation down to Alabama today to meet the workers.

This should be the number one step towards a fairer tax system to increase the IRS budget for enforcement.

I personally think that making the Tax Code and our spending programs more progressive is the right thing to do in light of trends in inequality, mobility, security, and opportunity.

Some Senators have recently proposed repealing what is left of the estate tax, which would do nothing but reward people who lucked into the American dream just by being born into wealthy families.

Thank you very much.

That is why I support the For the 99.5 Percent Act and equalizing capital gains and earned income tax rates.

We are living in a country which has enormous needs, we have a very large deficit, and yet we have a Tax Code which enables the very, very richest people in America and the largest corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes…