Bernie Sanders

"The American people," said the Senate Budget Committee chair, "are sick and tired of being forced to pay outrageously high prices for gas, rent, and food while large corporations make out like bandits."

Noting the new research, Sen. Bernie Sanders declared that "it's time for Medicare for All."

Rep. Cori Bush, who co-chaired this week's House event on the topic, thanked the Senate Budget Committee chair and celebrated "momentum" in Congress to pass related legislation.

"Congress must implement a system that prioritizes people over profits, humanity over greed, and compassion over exploitation," Rep. Cori Bush argued in support of universal healthcare legislation.

The chair of the Senate Budget Committee noted that the U.S. already spends more on its military than "the next 11 countries combined."

"We cannot allow big oil companies and other large, profitable corporations to continue to use the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the specter of inflation to make obscene profits by price gouging Americans."

"American complicity in this humanitarian disaster has persisted for too long," said a group of congressional lawmakers, "and we will not allow it to continue."

"Right now, we are in a global struggle between autocracy and democracy, with nothing less than the future of the planet at stake."

"Healthcare is a human right. And it is unimaginable that, in the wealthiest country in the world, we still don't treat it like one."

"We should not allow greedy corporations to privatize public services or profit from robbing workers of fair pay and benefits."