You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs.

The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.

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 American people in my view will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry.

Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans.

We have to enforce the individual mandate. We're losing a lot of money that is not coming into the system.

I am the longest- serving independent in the history of the United States Congress. People of Vermont sent me to Washington as an independent. That is true.