Comments of Senator Bernie Sanders are from the Democratic Party Presidential Primary Debate in Las Vegas, NV, on October 13th 2015 and the Democratic Party Presidential Primary Debate in Charleston, SC, on January 17th, 2016.
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on campaign contributions : You know what it all comes down to? Do you know why we can't do what every other country -- major country on Earth is doing? It's because we have a campaign finance system that is corrupt, we have super PACs, we have the pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying, and the private insurance companies as well. (2016/01/17)
on campaign contributions : But here is the issue, Secretary touched on it, can you really reform Wall Street when they are spending millions and millions of dollars on campaign contributions and when they are providing speaking fees to individuals? So it's easy to say, well, I'm going to do this and do that, but I have doubts when people receive huge amounts of money from Wall Street. (2016/01/17)
on campaign contributions : Anyone who wants to check my record in taking on Wall Street, in fighting against the deregulation of Wall Street when Wall Street put billions of dollars in lobbying, in campaign contributions to get the government off their backs. (2016/01/17)
on campaign contributions : Republican Party that is so owned by the fossil fuel industry and their campaign contributions that they don't even have the courage, the decency to listen to the scientists. (APPLAUSE) (2016/01/17)
on campaign contributors : So, what my first days are about is bringing America together, to end the decline of the middle class, to tell the wealthiest people in this country that yes, they are going to start paying their fair share of taxes, and that we are going to have a government that works for all of us, and not just big campaign contributors.(APPLAUSE) (2016/01/17)
on campaign contributors : Instead of being dependent on super PACs, what we need is to be dependent on small, individual campaign contributors. (2016/01/17)
on campaign contributors : To say loudly and clearly," that the government of the United States of America belongs to all of us and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors. (2016/01/17)
on campaign finance : As a result of this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, our campaign finance system is corrupt (2015/10/13)
on campaign finance : And let me also tell you that nothing is gonna happen unless we are prepared to deal with campaign finance reform, because (2015/10/13)
on campaign finance : And then, to make a bad situation worse, we have a corrupt campaign finance system where millionaires and billionaires are spending extraordinary amounts of money to buy elections. (2016/01/17)
on campaign finance : You know what it all comes down to? Do you know why we can't do what every other country -- major country on Earth is doing? It's because we have a campaign finance system that is corrupt, we have super PACs, we have the pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying, and the private insurance companies as well. (2016/01/17)
on campaign finance : Very little is going to be done to transform our economy and to create the kind of middle class we need unless we end a corrupt campaign finance system which is undermining American democracy. (2016/01/17)
on Citizens United : As a result of this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, our campaign finance system is corrupt (2015/10/13)
on super PAC : I am the only candidate running for president who is not a billionaire, who has raised substantial sums of money, and I do not have a super PAC. (2015/10/13)
on super PAC : I am very proud, I do not have a super PAC. (2016/01/17)
on super PACs : Millionaires and billionaires are pouring unbelievable sums of money into the political process in order to fund super PACs (2015/10/13)
on super PACs : Jim Webb is right: Money is pouring in to this campaign through super PACs. (2015/10/13)
on super PACs : You know what it all comes down to? Do you know why we can't do what every other country -- major country on Earth is doing? It's because we have a campaign finance system that is corrupt, we have super PACs, we have the pharmaceutical industry pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign contributions and lobbying, and the private insurance companies as well. (2016/01/17)
on super PACs : Instead of being dependent on super PACs, what we need is to be dependent on small, individual campaign contributors. (2016/01/17)
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