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. – Bernie Sanders
At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy. – Bernie Sanders
Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That’s fine. But what do you do? – Bernie Sanders
I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I remember her, as you do, as a great first lady who broke precedent in terms of the role that a first lady was supposed to play as she helped lead the fight for universal health care. – Bernie Sanders
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. – Bernie Sanders
Yes, we become stronger when men and women, young and old, gay and straight, native-born and immigrant fight together to create the kind of country we all know we can become. – Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton understands that a president’s job is to worry about future generations, not the short-term profits of the fossil fuel industry. – Bernie Sanders
What some of us believe is that it is possible that if chemicals are related to Gulf War illness that some of the more severe symptoms may not erupt until 10 or 20 years down the line. – Bernie Sanders
The Blunt Amendment would have allowed any employer who provided health insurance, or any insurance company, the right to deny coverage for contraception or any other kind of procedure if the employer had a ‘moral’ objection to it. – Bernie Sanders
The Federal Reserve has the responsibility to protect the credit rights of consumers. – Bernie Sanders
The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says, ‘Global warming is a hoax,’ he is just dead wrong, according to the vast majority of climate scientists. – Bernie Sanders
If we are going to reverse the race to the bottom, workers must have the right to engage in collective bargaining. – Bernie Sanders
At the insistence of the Bush administration, Congress in 2006 passed legislation that required the Postal Service to prefund, over a 10-year period, 75 years of future retiree health benefits. – Bernie Sanders
Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with new ideas, and that’s a good thing. – Bernie Sanders
Former Senator Al D’Amato in 1991 offered an amendment to cap credit card interest rates at 14 percent. – Bernie Sanders
While I may not agree with all of President Obama’s energy policies, I strongly supported his successful effort to double fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. – Bernie Sanders
A president and a party that can provide insurance for 31 million more Americans is far preferable to most voters than a party that only says, ‘No.’ – Bernie Sanders
Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America. – Bernie Sanders
I see a future where American companies lead the world in the production of hybrid-plug in cars and electric vehicles. – Bernie Sanders
For better or worse, when Sen. Inhofe speaks, the Republican Party follows. And when the Republican Party follows, it is impossible to get real work done in the Congress. – Bernie Sanders
In 2003, GlaxoSmithKline paid $88 million in civil fines for overcharging Medicaid for its anti-depressant Paxil. – Bernie Sanders
There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents. – Bernie Sanders
You want to know the way to raise money? Put a transaction fee on Wall Street, so maybe we can curb some of the speculation and raise some money. – Bernie Sanders
Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues! – Bernie Sanders