Big business is willing to destroy the planet for short-term profits.
At a time when our planet is warming due to climate change, the last thing our environment needs is more drilling. What we need is for Congress and the White House to move toward clean energy such as solar, wind and geothermal.
Here’s what income and wealth inequality is about. Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers made more than 24 billion, enough to pay the salaries of 425,000 public school teachers. This level of inequality is neither moral or sustainable.
Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this level of inequality is unsustainable. We need an economy that works for all, not just the powerful.
When you talk about heroines and heroes, at the top of the list has got to be the single moms of America.
Social security is the most successful government program in our nation’s history. We are not going to cut social security! We are going to expand social security!
Today, over half of American workers have less than $10,000 in savings and have no idea how they will be able to retire with any shred of dignity.
For many, the American Dream has become a nightmare.
We have got to make sure that every qualified American in this country who wants to go to college can go to college – regardless of income.
Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.
Debating, doubting, or rejecting the basic scientific facts about climate change in the face of the overwhelming evidence and overwhelming scientific opinion will not change those facts.
I am on the Health Education Labor Committee. That committee wrote the Affordable Care Act. The idea I would dismantle health care in America while we’re waiting to pass a Medicare for all is just not accurate.
I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his military adventurism in the Crimea and the Ukraine.
I think we’re going to win a very good share of those delegates. I think you’ve got major states coming up. And I think the important point is that people throughout this country are resonating to our message.
I very strongly supported the agreement which makes certain that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.
If you looked at Jeb Bush’s campaign, it’s more than just money. It’s the nature of the candidate and the message and all that stuff.
Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We’re proud that we have received four million individual contributions, more than any candidate in American history at this point.
I was elected by the Democrats to be chair of the Veterans Committee, which I’m very proud of. And now am the rankings member on the Budget Committee, leader of the Democrats in opposition to the majority Republicans.
I am the longest- serving independent in the history of the United States Congress. People of Vermont sent me to Washington as an independent. That is true.
You asked Marco Rubio if it was too little too late. I think there’s a little bit of too much too late, which is, he is just getting down in the muck with Donald Trump. And when you get down in the muck, you get up with muck on you.