Sen. Bernie Sanders

Everybody knows that.

And the people who are keeping it going are, in fact, the nurses.

You know, they're with you when babies are born.

They're with you when you die.

They're with you in between.

They're at your bedside.

They're the backbone of the healthcare system, and I love them.

And I'll tell you something.

Time and time again, nurses would come into my office.

And they'd start talking and suddenly they'd start crying.

And you know what they were crying about?

They were crying about the fact that they were unable to do the jobs, to do the work that they were trained and wanted to do.

That they didn't have the number of nurses they needed, the staffing ratios that they needed.

They broke down.

And I was just a couple of years ago, not dissimilar to what's going on in New York City right now, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, these nurses went on strike.

You know why they went on strike?

It's pathetic.

And I'm sure you know this.

The CEOs there are these big, huge houses.

One guy is making $26 million a year.