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Subsidies For The Oil, Gas And Coal Industries Are Projected To Cost Taxpayers More Than $135 Billion In The Coming Decade. At A Time When Scientists Tell Us We Need To Reduce Carbon Pollution To Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change, It Is Absurd To Provide Massive Subsidies That Pad Fossil-fuel Companies' Already Enormous Profits.

The American People In Congress Have Got To Ask Themselves A Very Simple Question. Why Are We The Only Major Country On Earth Not To Guarantee Health Care To All People As A Right?

We Need A Growing Middle Class, Not One That Has Been Disappearing For 40 Years. We Need A Vibrant One Person-one Vote Democracy, Not One Which Is Dominated By Billionaire Campaign Contributors. It's Time For A Political Revolution. It's Time To Make Our Government Work For All Of Us, And Not Just The 1%.

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.

Debating, Doubting, Or Rejecting The Basic Scientific Facts About Climate Change In The Face Of The Overwhelming Evidence And Overwhelming Scientific Opinion Will Not Change Those Facts.