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The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.
In 2001, Republicans used reconciliation to pass President Bush's $1.35 trillion tax cut that mainly benefited the wealthy.
When a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her child, she has the right to know what she is feeding her family.
What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.
I congratulate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on her victory. But, I think, for us, that is about as bad as it's going to get.
The middle class in America is at a tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don't boldly change course now.
I would have put more emphasis on bringing working class people together to fight for a government that works for all of us.
Mitt Romney's energy policy is a relic of the 19th century. We need a 21st century plan. The fate of the planet is at stake.
Two-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating.
Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.
I think my main concern is because I worry about demagoguery. It`s real. You see the people standing up there and applauding.
Israel has an absolute right to exist - not only to exist - but to exist in a way that they're not under threat of terrorism.
Rescind the appointment of [Steve] Bannon. We will not be involved in the expansion of bigotry, of racism, sexism, homophobia.
When we talk about the healthcare crisis in America we've got to also be talking about the dental crisis and how to address it.
I think too many of my Republican friends are into perpetual warfare in the Middle East. And that scares the bejesus out of me.
Donald Trump believes that climate change is a hoax. Now, this is not just a stupid expression, but it is incredibly dangerous.
Hillary Clinton understands that we have to invest in education and jobs for our young people, not more jails or incarceration.
Many people can talk for a long period of time. But controlling, you know, your urinary tract is maybe the more difficult issue.
In many respects, this country is becoming an oligarchy, with a tiny percentage of America owning the media, owning the country.
Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate.
In my view, one of the major reasons that we have so many people in jail is that we have turned our backs on a lot young people.
I think you have an enormous amount of fear and uncertainty in this country. And it`s not just from San Bernardino or from Paris.
I know a great country that needs to be rebuilt in terms of roads, bridges, schools. That is called the United States of America.
You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.
I do believe that if millions of people do stand up and fight back, we can stop Donald Trump from doing some really awful things.
Ted Kennedy devoted his lifetime to protecting those most in need, and tens of millions of Americans have been the beneficiaries.
People have a right to give a speech. And people have a right to protest. But I'm not a great fan of disrupting people's speeches.
In 1999, Hoffmann-LaRoche paid a $500 million criminal fine for leading a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices for certain vitamins.
What I do believe absolutely is that in the middle of a recession, the American middle class and working class needs a tax relief.
Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income.
Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.
I think that extreme right wing views are not what the American people are looking for right now. They want to see us create jobs.
The CEO of large multi-nationals like Hillary [Clinton]. They won't going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me even less.
I'm very proud that the state of Vermont banned fracking. I hope communities all over California, and all over America do the same.
When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease.
Should a small business or a large business be able to pollute the water or the air or the food? No, I hope you don't believe that.
It's absurd we remain the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people and paid family and medical leave.
You need a Democratic Party which is a grassroots party, which makes decisions from the bottom on up, not just from the top on down.
This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often - put things in contact.
It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.
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.
I`m a former mayor. I know that being a cop is not an easy job. But when police officers misbehave, they`ve got to be held accountable.
The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.
Climate change is real, it is caused by human activity, and it is already causing devastating problems in America and around the world.
I am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a Super PAC, who's not raising huge sums of money from Wall Street...
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.
It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that system.
I happen to believe that we should move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer system, similar to what other countries around the world have.
Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues!