“The obscene levels of wealth gained from the pandemic by a handful of mega rich individuals should immediately be taxed at 99%―enough to fully vaccinate everyone on Earth and help millions of workers.”

“We have the House, Senate, and White House—there are no excuses for our inability to act. We have the power to stop the next eviction crisis and must act now.”

“We cannot in good faith blame the Republican Party when House Democrats have the majority.”

Eviction Ban Expires as House Goes on Vacation and Biden Refuses to Act

In his keynote speech, Sanders said corporate interests are pulling out all the stops to defeat Turner because “they know that when she is elected, she is going to stand up and take them on in the fight for justice.”

“It is never acceptable for us to use cruelty as a point of leverage against every day people.”

“No Senate rule supersedes people’s constitutional rights,” said the Democratic senator from Georgia.

Sanders, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, described the spending agreement as the “most significant piece of legislation… since the Great Depression.”

“Wasteful spending at the Pentagon will do nothing to help our country recover from this pandemic.”

“Never in the century-plus history of world weather observation have so many all-time heat records fallen by such a large margin.”