We’re going to another one. This one deals with the emergency of COVID. The next one deals with some of the structural long-term problems of a crumbling infrastructure, of climate change, of education, of a whole lot of other issues so…
Bernie Sanders
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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.
What is much more important to the average American is that we deal and address the terrible, terrible pain and suffering that they are experiencing right now.
Now is not the time to think small, it is the time to think big and to address the crisis.
When you have a president leading an insurrection to overturn a government that he swore to defend, you know, you got to deal with that.
It would be totally unacceptable for any democrat to renege on those promises. That is why people are giving up on the political process.
But at the end of the day, we all come from states. We are -- we are sick and tired of seeing hundreds of cars lining up for food, kids are unable to go to school, people not getting the vaccines as rapidly as they should. We all share…
We have got to be very, very vigilant, and making it clear in this country, we can have differences, different points of view.
We can have differences, different points of view. We all disagree with each other. That is called democracy. But you do not have the right to threaten violence, and you certainly do not have the right to commit violence.
It would be unthinkable to me that any Democrat would want to renege on those promises we made.
This is a life and death proposal. And it must be passed immediately.
The only way that we are going to deal effectively with the pandemic and get vaccines into the arms of people, increasing vaccine production, the only way we are going to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, so people are not working…
The bottom line is, in the midst of this terrible economic crisis, we have got to get checks of $1,400 on top of the $600 that we already allocated out to every working class family in this country, and to their kids as well. People are…
The senator has now announced they raised close to $2 million for charity all by selling meme-related merchandise on his Web site.
I have absolute confidence that your knowledge of the bureaucracy is exactly what we need to head up the VA.
When I look at health care, Dennis, I see dental care as an integral part of health care.
I find that veterans, by and large, with exception, feel that the quality of care that they are getting at the VA is very good.
If we do not transform, not only our energy system, but the global energy system, there will be irreparable underlying damage.
If that Republicans can’t get behind measure that would add less to the deficit than their tax cuts for the upper crust of the American society, to help Americans while the economy is in freefall. They are not here to serve the public…
When Republicans controlled the Senate, they used the reconciliation process to provide huge tax breaks for the rich and large corporations. We`re going to use reconciliation to protect working families, the sick and the poor.





