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'''Bernie Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is the only self-identified [[socialist|democratic socialist]] in the [[United States Congress]], and in 2006 became the first admitted socialist elected to the U.S. Senate to represent [[Vermont]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms. He usually caucuses with [[Democrats]] and is considering a run for the Democratic nomination for president.

'''Bernie Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is the only self-identified [[socialist|democratic socialist]] in the [[United States Congress]], and in 2006 became the first admitted socialist elected to the U.S. Senate to represent [[Vermont]]. Previously, he served in the House of Representatives for eight terms, after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington, the state's largest city. He usually caucuses with [[Democrats]] and is considering a run for the Democratic nomination for president.

He said this to [[Alan Greenspan]], Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], during a Financial Services Committee hearing in 2003:  "The country club and the cocktail parties are not [[real America]].  You have defended over the years the abolition of the minimum wage and giving huge [[tax break]]s to billionaires.  But today you reached a new low, I think, by suggesting that manufacturing in America doesn't matter."

He said this to [[Alan Greenspan]], Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], during a Financial Services Committee hearing in 2003:  "The country club and the cocktail parties are not [[real America]].  You have defended over the years the abolition of the minimum wage and giving huge [[tax break]]s to billionaires.  But today you reached a new low, I think, by suggesting that manufacturing in America doesn't matter."