So as a nation, we have a right to be very proud of the successes that we have seen because of the struggle of millions of people to create a less di….

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

During the 1999 debate over Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China President Bill Clinton said, 'In opening the economy of China, the agreement ….

Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's OK….

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 w….

I have taken on virtually every element of the big money establishment, whether it's the Koch brothers, and the big energy companies, whether it's th….

The billionaires and their super PACs increasingly control the American political process. This is not democracy. This is not what brave Americans fo….

I think there are many people in the working class who say, you know what? Yes, maybe we are better off than we were eight years ago, but I am still ….

We must fight to carry out his radical and bold vision for America..

Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet..

The United States has got to join the rest of the industrialized world in making sure that working families of the middle class have benefits that th….

The hardest thing about going to college should not be paying for it..

Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarg….

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 so….

I understand what a normal political speech is. You get up there, tell a few jokes, you have the flags behind you, and you speak for 10 or 15 minutes….

We can`t allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction..

There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the peo….

Vermont is such a small state, and the most money that's ever been spent in the history of political campaigns there is $2 million. That number is go….

The Democratic Party has been very strong in a lot of areas, in fighting to make our country a less discriminatory country. And that is enormously im….

I'm not much into speculation..

Wall Street is perhaps the most powerful economic and political force in this country. You have companies like Goldman Sachs, who just recently paid ….