Senate Quotes by Bernie Sanders

10 Senate quotes by Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders offers ten concise reflections on the Senate, highlighting his views on legislative power and representation. This short set captures his core concerns about how the body functions in American democracy.

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This country is never going to move forward unless we end Republican rule in the House and Senate.

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I have been in the Democratic Caucus in the Senate for over 24 years.

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The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor…

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I know that virtually every member of the Senate understands we just cannot turn our back on men and women who have…

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I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with…

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If there is a large voter turnout, not only do we retain the White House, but I think we regain the Senate.…

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If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going…

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I had the privilege and the honor of chairing the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. And it is interesting to me, you…

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If people envisage me in the Senate they might think of me as someone who would emulate Paul Wellstone, fighting for the…

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If you want to run for the United States Senate, you hire a consultant who will do polling for you, who will…

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We need a strategy. And the goal is to bring millions of people together.

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We are living at a time where a handful of people have wealth beyond comprehension - huge yachts, jet planes, tens of billions of…

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The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.

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I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour.…

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The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.

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Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their health care exchange.

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If you want to know if your food contains gluten, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, trans-fats or MSG, you simply read the ingredients listed…

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It reminds me in some ways of the debate taking place in this country and around the world in the late 1930s. There were…

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I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.

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The case to be made is that we have got to get people involved - continue to get people involved in the political process…

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