I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by which the United States go….

In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an insp….

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

Of course their [Cuba's] economy is terrible, but they have Health Care and education..

If you`re a Republican politician and you`re seeing this guy [Donald Trump] saying crazy stuff and going up in the polls, what are you going to say, ….

People are hurting and angry, and they want something to be able to stand up and fight for. That's what I believe the antidote is to Trumpism..

Now, why would my supporters be supporting somebody who doesn't want to raise the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, a starvation wage, doesn't w….

We have to say to the billionaire class, enough is enough. You cannot have it all. You are going to pay more in taxes..

The case to be made is that we have got to get people involved - continue to get people involved in the political process at every level..

I think people cast their votes for a number of reasons. I think if you look at your polls, you'll probably find that many, many people think that ou….

The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right..

In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure,….

But because media is what media is today, any stupid, absurd remark made by Donald Trump becomes the story of the week. Maybe, just maybe, we might w….

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….

The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. We have to increase voter turnout and citizen….

[Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Yes, we c….

Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will alw….

Politically, as a result of Citizens United, billionaires are now able to spend as much money as they want on campaigns, which means that you have a ….

Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times are too serious for that..

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

I believe the Democratic Party has got to be firmly on the side of working families, taking on the big money interests, who today, to a very signific….