Independent Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders said on Friday that the Senate should pass the $1.9 Trillion America Rescue Plan so that the young people can date and resume socializing.

Senator Sanders, who has been pushing various COVID relief measures to aid Americans, urged the Senate to pass the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

Speaking on the Senate Floor, Senator Sanders discussed how the COVID restrictions have affected the lives of young Americans.

"You've got young people who want to go to school, who want to socialize, want to date, want to do things that young people do," Sanders said. "They can't do it and have been unable to do that for the last year, and that has resulted in a very sharp increase in mental illness in this country, something, by the way, that this legislation also deals with." 

Sanders urged his colleagues on why is the relief package necessary and discussed how badly the Pandemic hampered the lives of the people.

Senator Sander also has been pushing for the minimum wage which was struck down by the Senate when eight democrats and all the Republicans voted against hiking the minimum pay.