Bernie Sanders

And his point was, we are producing more product right now. And all of those gains are going to the people on top. I introduced the bill, John, for a 32-hour work week. I was shocked. I walked the streets. I'm in the airport. People coming over to me. And you know why? People are stressed out. They're seeing work in a very negative way. COVID maybe exemplified that, what happened during COVID.

And his point was, we are producing more product right now. And all of those gains are going to the people on top. I introduced the bill, John, for a 32-hour work week. I was shocked. I walked the streets. I'm in the airport. People coming over to me. And you know why? People are stressed out. They're seeing work in a very negative way. COVID maybe exemplified that, what happened during COVID.

So what we have got to be asking ourselves, and you're touching on it now, you've got all this new technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, making us more productive. Who's going to benefit from that? What are the repercussions of that? Are workers now going to have higher wages, shorter working hours, or are the rich going to get richer?

So what we have got to be asking ourselves, and you're touching on it now, you've got all this new technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, making us more productive. Who's going to benefit from that? What are the repercussions of that? Are workers now going to have higher wages, shorter working hours, or are the rich going to get richer?

Well – Senate rules are something else. I mean, now you're touching on another hour discussion.

Well – Senate rules are something else. I mean, now you're touching on another hour discussion.

Look, I can single-handedly go down there and slow up the whole institution. I can block legislation. It could be 99 to 1. I could slow it up. Does that make any sense? No, it doesn't. You're getting into the whole issue of the filibuster. I had a similar experience, not with the PACT Act, which I strongly supported, with minimum wage.

Look, I can single-handedly go down there and slow up the whole institution. I can block legislation. It could be 99 to 1. I could slow it up. Does that make any sense? No, it doesn't. You're getting into the whole issue of the filibuster. I had a similar experience, not with the PACT Act, which I strongly supported, with minimum wage.

I wanted to get my, raise the minimum wage to $15 and I'll put it in the American Rescue Plan. The parliamentarian decided that it was not kosher to get in the bill. So we weren't able to put it in. Too much power to an unelected official.

I wanted to get my, raise the minimum wage to $15 and I'll put it in the American Rescue Plan. The parliamentarian decided that it was not kosher to get in the bill. So we weren't able to put it in. Too much power to an unelected official.

You're touching on, you know, again, and it takes 60 votes to pass anything. There are ways around these things. And, you know, there. That's my point.

You're touching on, you know, again, and it takes 60 votes to pass anything. There are ways around these things. And, you know, there. That's my point.

Yeah, there are budget reconciliate. We passed, you know, I know people are hard on the Biden administration, but they accomplished a lot. And I want people to remember what happened in 21 in the middle of COVID. We passed the American Rescue Plan, which I helped write.

Yeah, there are budget reconciliate. We passed, you know, I know people are hard on the Biden administration, but they accomplished a lot. And I want people to remember what happened in 21 in the middle of COVID. We passed the American Rescue Plan, which I helped write.

It was a $1.9 trillion bill, which, remember, got the $1,400 checks into virtually every working class home in America, extended unemployment, saved childcare, small business, etc., etc., etc. You could do that through what is called budget reconciliation. It's a huge bill, requires 50 votes, not 60.

It was a $1.9 trillion bill, which, remember, got the $1,400 checks into virtually every working class home in America, extended unemployment, saved childcare, small business, etc., etc., etc. You could do that through what is called budget reconciliation. It's a huge bill, requires 50 votes, not 60.

John, I've given those lines in many, many speeches. And what I've said is, you think government can't do anything? Look what we did. That one bill, John, in a three-year period, reduced among many other things. Childhood poverty by 40%. Got it? That was one small provision in a larger bill. We saved the pensions for millions of workers. One small provision in that bill.

John, I've given those lines in many, many speeches. And what I've said is, you think government can't do anything? Look what we did. That one bill, John, in a three-year period, reduced among many other things. Childhood poverty by 40%. Got it? That was one small provision in a larger bill. We saved the pensions for millions of workers. One small provision in that bill.

When people were lining up for food, we got them $1,400 checks. When child care centers, small businesses were going, was it a perfect bill? Obviously not. But your point, when there was a will, and Biden deserves credit for that. He was all there. When there is a will to do the right thing, we can do it. We can do it. Government can do it.

When people were lining up for food, we got them $1,400 checks. When child care centers, small businesses were going, was it a perfect bill? Obviously not. But your point, when there was a will, and Biden deserves credit for that. He was all there. When there is a will to do the right thing, we can do it. We can do it. Government can do it.