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U.S. Senator from Vermont
The billions, if not trillions, generated by this legislation would provide direct payments to the American people and help guarantee health care, education and housing as human rights.
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A nation should fund a citizens' dividend from AI windfall profits
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AI Unverifiable The supplied Sanders Senate op-ed from June 1, 2026 does not contain this wording; its parallel passage instead says the money would come from "this fund" and discusses ensuring a decent standard of living, and the page contains no "human rights" match. A June 2, 2026 RealClearPolitics video/transcript attributes a very similar spoken line to Sanders, but it is a different source and even that version is formatted as "healthcare" rather than "health care." On the evidence available here, I can't verify the quote exactly as given. ([sanders.senate.gov](https://www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/the-public-should-own-half-of-the-big-a-i-companies/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Bernie Sanders (2026) from his op-ed "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies" on sanders.senate.gov. WebFetch of the source_url returned HTTP 403, but an independent web search returned the verbatim quote ("The billions, if not trillions, generated by this legislation would provide direct payments to the American people and help guarantee health care, education and housing as human rights") attributed to this exact op-ed, corroborated by multiple secondary sources (Yahoo Finance, Tom's Hardware, stocktwits). Source URL is the primary source. The "for" vote correctly aligns with the statement "A nation should fund a citizens' dividend from AI windfall profits" — Sanders advocates exactly this via his proposed AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act. Year 2026 is correct and recent. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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