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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.
No, we would not. But my point is, the Monroe Doctrine remains in existence today. It is not just history. You and I can agree that maybe the United States should not have overthrown governments over the years. The Monroe Doctrine exists…
I appreciate the thoughts of my friend from Illinois. With much of what he said, I, obviously, agree. My father came from Poland as a matter of fact. I think, maybe, the difference of opinion that we have has something to do with what we…
No, it does. All that I am saying is, 2 years ago, the Secretary of State of the United States of America said the Monroe Doctrine is alive and well. Yes, of course, it is hypothetical. I do not believe that Mexico is going to enter into…
The Senator knows I am not for looking the other way. That is not a fair statement. As I have said many, many times, I am strongly supportive of major, major, major consequences if Putin invades Ukraine, and we have got to do everything we…
let us be as clear as we can be, and that is, there is significant discontent throughout our country today, from Vermont to California and in all 50 States. The American people are worried about COVID. We are all worried about COVID. We…
I say to my friend from Idaho, we have been going through regular order dealing with prescription drugs for 40 years. It hasn't quite worked. Your bill has gone nowhere. My bill has gone nowhere. If you have got objections to what Senator…
Senator Klobuchar said it all. I know we are spending the week dealing with Assistant Secretaries or something or another-- and that is all terribly important--but the American people want us to start acting on their needs. At the top of…
S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, included authority in section 4009 to allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to adjust budget aggregates and committee allocations after the enactment of…
All right. Okay. Apologies for being late, and let me thank those of you who are here for being here.
If you love America it seems to me you love the children who are the future of America.
In my view, we are moving toward an oligarchic form of society where the people on top have incredible wealth and power while most Americans are struggling to pay their bills.
So we are really in an unusual place in the modern history of this country, and one of the issues that has concerned me, and I think it does not get enough attention, is the growing gap between the very, very wealthy and everybody else.
It is a very, very important task, and I know that both of you are more than capable of leading OMB.
Four hundred billionaires own the same amount of wealth as 150 million of the poorest Americans.
Senator Bernie Sanders said he`s open to supporting a primary challenge to Senator Sinema.
What has bothered me very much is the Republicans are laughing all the way to election day. They have not had the cast one bloody vote, or two which shows us where they`re at.
If there were strong candidates in those states who were prepared to stand up for working families, who understand that the Democratic Party has got to be the party of working people taking on big money interests, if those candidates were…
we are running out of Senators from Vermont. I think that is it. (Laughter.) Let me begin by thanking a number of my Senate colleagues who have worked so hard on this issue. Let me thank, among others, Senators Merkley, Klobuchar, Booker…
I do not understand why two Democrats who presumably understand the importance of the freedom to vote act, and as I understand it will vote for the Freedom to Vote Act are not prepared to change the rules so that that bill could actually…
We should not be punishing people for getting higher education. It is time to hit the reset button.
Senator Sanders introduced legislation today that would make available very -- at subsidized costs free N95s or heavily subsidized for every American household.
We have introduced legislation with 15 co-sponsors, which would make sure that N95 masks are distributed to every household in America free of charge.
It is absolutely imperative that every member of the Democratic caucus, all 50 of us, plus the Vice President, vote to pass the Freedom to Vote Act to overturn this outrageous anti-democratic action that is taking place in numerous states…
we cannot keep just talking and talking. We’ve got to do something, bring that bill to the floor.
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