"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."

"The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved."

"In cold weather states like Vermont, where the weather can get to 20 below zero, home heating assistance is critically important. In fact, it is a life and death issue."

"General Electric, NBC's parent, is one of the largest corporations in the world, with an anti-labor history of outsourcing jobs and with financial links to military and nuclear power industries."

"What the Ten Million Solar Roofs Act does is provide consumer rebates for the purchase and installation of solar systems."

"At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy."

"Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard to believe."

"The details of what the Fed did were kept secret until a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act that I sponsored required the Government Accountability Office to audit the Fed's lending programs during the financial crisis."

"You know, I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street. In truth that's not the case. The real truth is that Wall Street regulates the Congress."

"It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies."

"Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate."

"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.'"

"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."

"I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future."

"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."

"We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels... I am very, very confident our small state will lead this. We will be noticed by the country and the world."

"The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks."

"The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets."

"In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign."

"These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment."

"If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip."

"Washington is dominated by big money."

"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."

"Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from."