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June 10, 2022 Letter to Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - NEWS: Sanders and Gillibrand Call on Amazon to Recognize Historic Union Victory and Drop Objections Ahead of Critical NLRB Hearing Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 10, 2022 Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. Since 2008, the median price for new brand name drugs soared from $2,115 to $180,000 while 3 pharmaceutical companies made $54 billion in profits last year. How many more people need to die before Congress has the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 10, 2022 Tweet - "The January 6th hearings remind us that politics today is not a debate over ideas. It's about whether we maintain our democratic form of government against those who propagate a Big Lie, violence and authoritarianism." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Warren, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security by $2,400 a Year and Extend Solvency for 75 Years Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 9, 2022 Tweet - "LIVE: At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings and millions of senior citizens are living in poverty, our job is to expand Social Security by demanding the wealthy pay their fair share." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2022 Letter to Scott W. Wine, CEO of CNH Industrial - NEWS: Sanders and Baldwin Lead Letter in Support of Striking CNH Industrial Workers in Wisconsin and Iowa Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 8, 2022 -9999 Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2022 Tweet - "The time is long overdue to legalize marijuana nationally, expunge past marijuana convictions and ensure revenue from legal marijuana is reinvested in the communities most impacted by the failed war on drugs." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Warren Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans' Right to an Abortion Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 3, 2022 Tweet - "1 in 7 older Americans rely on Social Security for more than 90% of their income. Maybe, just maybe, instead of cutting Social Security, we should expand it." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 3, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Saving and Expanding Social Security Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 2, 2022 Letter to Thomas Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture - Senator Reverend Warnock, Colleagues to USDA: We Urge You to Act to Address Historic Discrimination Against Black Farmers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 2, 2022 Tweet - "The time for endless talk is over. We must vote on Build Back Better THIS MONTH. Let those who are opposed explain why. The vast majority in our caucus deserve a chance to show they can stand up to powerful special interests and represent working families. We must vote NOW." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is right. Let's cut drug prices in half by strengthening the provision in the House-passed Build Back Better legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices like the VA has done for years, and pass the whole package with 50 votes next week. It's time to vote." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2022 Pressley, Markey, Warren, Colleagues Demand App-Based Delivery Companies Prioritize Driver Safety Following Worker Deaths Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 1, 2022 Tweet - "Yes, it is more important to protect the babies of this country than the huge CEO compensation packages and stock buybacks of an infant formula company that lied to the FDA. That's not a radical idea." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 31, 2022 Tweet - "Cancel it. Every penny." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 30, 2022 Tweet - "Today, Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 27, 2022 Tweet - "Congratulations to Starbucks Workers United for winning the 100th union election at Starbucks coffee shops all over America. I say to Howard Schultz: Stop the union busting. Obey the law. Negotiate a fair contract with your workers now -- no more delays. Enough is enough." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 26, 2022 Letter to Jeff Merkley, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Lisa Murkowski, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 26, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Speaks With Students Participating in "Vermont Day" at the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 26, 2022 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, and Ranking Member Inhofe - Closure of Guantanamo Bay Through NDAA Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 26, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Ahead of Biden Visit to Israel, Stansbury, Merkley, 19 Senators and 62 Representatives Urge Administration to Engage Israeli Government to Prevent Evictions in Masafer Yatta Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 25, 2022 Tweet - "It is tragic but unsurprising that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be sent to prison for 9 years. Putin's authoritarian regime cannot tolerate dissent, especially from someone who exposes the enormous wealth Putin and his cronies have stolen from the Russian people." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 25, 2022 Tweet - "Enough is enough. We must abolish the filibuster and pass gun safety legislation NOW. No one in America needs an AR-15. How many more children, mothers and fathers need to be murdered in cold blood before the Senate has the guts to ban assault weapons and take on the NRA?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2022 Tweet - "The horrific rampage in TX once again makes clear that there are some very sick people in this country with guns in their hands who should not have them. Congress may not be able to end this problem, but we must at least pass commonsense gun reforms to finally protect the public." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2022 Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 24, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Whitehouse, Khanna, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer to Bring Big Oil Windfall Profit Tax to the Floor Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 23, 2022 Tweet - "No government -- not the federal government, not the state government and not the city government -- should be handing out corporate welfare to union busters and labor law violators." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 23, 2022 Letter to Robert Ford, Chair and CEO of Abbot Laboratories - King Seeking Relief for Maine Mothers Amid Formula Shortage Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 23, 2022 Tweet - "The oligarchs in Davos party, the poor suffer. While 260 million people throughout the world will likely be pushed into extreme poverty this year -- trying to survive on less than $2 a day -- over 2,000 billionaires across the globe became $3.78 trillion richer during the pandemic." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission - Huffman, Merkley Team Up With European Parliament to Urge Global Clean Energy Transition Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Tweet - "This is what a rigged and corrupt system looks like. Effective Tax Rate: 0.1%: Warren Buffett worth $111 billion 1.1%: Jeff Bezos worth $131 billion 1.8% Mike Bloomberg worth $82 billion 2.1%: Elon Musk worth $210 billion 13.5%: Registered Nurse Yes. It's time to #TaxTheRich" Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2022 Letter to Hon. Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Warner, Colleagues Urge FTC to Protect Data Privacy of Women Seeking Reproductive Healthcare Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joe Bae, Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc. - Murray, Warren, Wyden, Sanders Blast Private Equity Giant KKR for Grossly Substandard Care and Unsafe Living Conditions in Group Homes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Welch Introduces Bill to Provide Oversight of Big Tech Sen. Peter Welch
May 17, 2022 Letter to Noam Ben-Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Placer.ai - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022 Letter to Auren Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Safegraph, Inc. - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022 Tweet - "The loudest voices in the Republican Party demanding that women be forced to give birth against their will are exactly the same people who oppose virtually every effort here in Congress designed to improve life for children and their mothers." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 16, 2022 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Meta Platforms, Inc. - Congressman Jason Crow & House Intelligence Committee Members Demand Facebook Crack Down on Pro-Russian Disinformation Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 14, 2022 Tweet - "No, Mr. Bezos. Disinformation is Amazon spreading anti-union propaganda & forcing workers to attend illegal captive audience meetings. Disinformation is Amazon blaming a 17% price increase on "inflation" while making a record $35 billion in profits & avoiding $5 billion in taxes." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 14, 2022 Tweet - "This act of domestic terrorism by a racist, anti-Semitic white supremacist using an AR-15 should be a call to action. Let us finally pass common sense gun safety reforms. We cannot grow numb to this violence, and we must show our nation can come together to address this hatred." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2022 Letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America - Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Push Infant Formula Manufacturers to Address Shortages and Get Formula on Shelves Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 13, 2022 Tweet - "The United States has the most dysfunctional, inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive health care system in the world. It's time for Medicare for All." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2022 Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. While Americans are struggling at the pump, in the first three months of this year, 21 oil and gas companies made over $41 billion in profits, more than double their profits from last year. The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2022 Tweet - "The attack by Israeli forces against mourners at the funeral of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is an outrage. The United States must condemn this, and demand an independent investigation into her killing." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022 PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare for All Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 11, 2022 Tweet - "If you can't stand up for a woman's right to choose, for voting rights, for an economy that works for all, why are you caucusing with the Senate Democrats? We need a Democratic Majority where all members believe in economic, racial, social and environmental justice." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Date Title Politician
June 10, 2022 Letter to Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - NEWS: Sanders and Gillibrand Call on Amazon to Recognize Historic Union Victory and Drop Objections Ahead of Critical NLRB Hearing Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 10, 2022 Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. Since 2008, the median price for new brand name drugs soared from $2,115 to $180,000 while 3 pharmaceutical companies made $54 billion in profits last year. How many more people need to die before Congress has the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 10, 2022 Tweet - "The January 6th hearings remind us that politics today is not a debate over ideas. It's about whether we maintain our democratic form of government against those who propagate a Big Lie, violence and authoritarianism." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Warren, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security by $2,400 a Year and Extend Solvency for 75 Years Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 9, 2022 Tweet - "LIVE: At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings and millions of senior citizens are living in poverty, our job is to expand Social Security by demanding the wealthy pay their fair share." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 9, 2022 Letter to Scott W. Wine, CEO of CNH Industrial - NEWS: Sanders and Baldwin Lead Letter in Support of Striking CNH Industrial Workers in Wisconsin and Iowa Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 8, 2022 -9999 Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2022 Tweet - "The time is long overdue to legalize marijuana nationally, expunge past marijuana convictions and ensure revenue from legal marijuana is reinvested in the communities most impacted by the failed war on drugs." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Warren Lead Over 20 Senators Urging President Biden to Issue Executive Order to Defend Americans' Right to an Abortion Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 3, 2022 Tweet - "1 in 7 older Americans rely on Social Security for more than 90% of their income. Maybe, just maybe, instead of cutting Social Security, we should expand it." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 3, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Saving and Expanding Social Security Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 2, 2022 Letter to Thomas Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture - Senator Reverend Warnock, Colleagues to USDA: We Urge You to Act to Address Historic Discrimination Against Black Farmers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 2, 2022 Tweet - "The time for endless talk is over. We must vote on Build Back Better THIS MONTH. Let those who are opposed explain why. The vast majority in our caucus deserve a chance to show they can stand up to powerful special interests and represent working families. We must vote NOW." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is right. Let's cut drug prices in half by strengthening the provision in the House-passed Build Back Better legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices like the VA has done for years, and pass the whole package with 50 votes next week. It's time to vote." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2022 Pressley, Markey, Warren, Colleagues Demand App-Based Delivery Companies Prioritize Driver Safety Following Worker Deaths Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 1, 2022 Tweet - "Yes, it is more important to protect the babies of this country than the huge CEO compensation packages and stock buybacks of an infant formula company that lied to the FDA. That's not a radical idea." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 31, 2022 Tweet - "Cancel it. Every penny." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 30, 2022 Tweet - "Today, Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 27, 2022 Tweet - "Congratulations to Starbucks Workers United for winning the 100th union election at Starbucks coffee shops all over America. I say to Howard Schultz: Stop the union busting. Obey the law. Negotiate a fair contract with your workers now -- no more delays. Enough is enough." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 26, 2022 Letter to Jeff Merkley, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Lisa Murkowski, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 26, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Speaks With Students Participating in "Vermont Day" at the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 26, 2022 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, and Ranking Member Inhofe - Closure of Guantanamo Bay Through NDAA Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 26, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Ahead of Biden Visit to Israel, Stansbury, Merkley, 19 Senators and 62 Representatives Urge Administration to Engage Israeli Government to Prevent Evictions in Masafer Yatta Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 25, 2022 Tweet - "It is tragic but unsurprising that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be sent to prison for 9 years. Putin's authoritarian regime cannot tolerate dissent, especially from someone who exposes the enormous wealth Putin and his cronies have stolen from the Russian people." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 25, 2022 Tweet - "Enough is enough. We must abolish the filibuster and pass gun safety legislation NOW. No one in America needs an AR-15. How many more children, mothers and fathers need to be murdered in cold blood before the Senate has the guts to ban assault weapons and take on the NRA?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2022 Tweet - "The horrific rampage in TX once again makes clear that there are some very sick people in this country with guns in their hands who should not have them. Congress may not be able to end this problem, but we must at least pass commonsense gun reforms to finally protect the public." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 24, 2022 Letter to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google - Limit Collection and Storage of Location Data Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 24, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Whitehouse, Khanna, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer to Bring Big Oil Windfall Profit Tax to the Floor Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 23, 2022 Tweet - "No government -- not the federal government, not the state government and not the city government -- should be handing out corporate welfare to union busters and labor law violators." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 23, 2022 Letter to Robert Ford, Chair and CEO of Abbot Laboratories - King Seeking Relief for Maine Mothers Amid Formula Shortage Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 23, 2022 Tweet - "The oligarchs in Davos party, the poor suffer. While 260 million people throughout the world will likely be pushed into extreme poverty this year -- trying to survive on less than $2 a day -- over 2,000 billionaires across the globe became $3.78 trillion richer during the pandemic." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission - Huffman, Merkley Team Up With European Parliament to Urge Global Clean Energy Transition Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Tweet - "This is what a rigged and corrupt system looks like. Effective Tax Rate: 0.1%: Warren Buffett worth $111 billion 1.1%: Jeff Bezos worth $131 billion 1.8% Mike Bloomberg worth $82 billion 2.1%: Elon Musk worth $210 billion 13.5%: Registered Nurse Yes. It's time to #TaxTheRich" Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 19, 2022 Letter to Hon. Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Warner, Colleagues Urge FTC to Protect Data Privacy of Women Seeking Reproductive Healthcare Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Letter to Joe Bae, Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc. - Murray, Warren, Wyden, Sanders Blast Private Equity Giant KKR for Grossly Substandard Care and Unsafe Living Conditions in Group Homes for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 19, 2022 Welch Introduces Bill to Provide Oversight of Big Tech Sen.Peter Welch
May 17, 2022 Letter to Noam Ben-Zvi, Chief Executive Officer of Placer.ai - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022 Letter to Auren Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Safegraph, Inc. - Blumenthal, Murphy Blast Data Brokers for Collecting & Selling Cell Phone Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 17, 2022 Tweet - "The loudest voices in the Republican Party demanding that women be forced to give birth against their will are exactly the same people who oppose virtually every effort here in Congress designed to improve life for children and their mothers." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 16, 2022 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Meta Platforms, Inc. - Congressman Jason Crow & House Intelligence Committee Members Demand Facebook Crack Down on Pro-Russian Disinformation Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 14, 2022 Tweet - "No, Mr. Bezos. Disinformation is Amazon spreading anti-union propaganda & forcing workers to attend illegal captive audience meetings. Disinformation is Amazon blaming a 17% price increase on "inflation" while making a record $35 billion in profits & avoiding $5 billion in taxes." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 14, 2022 Tweet - "This act of domestic terrorism by a racist, anti-Semitic white supremacist using an AR-15 should be a call to action. Let us finally pass common sense gun safety reforms. We cannot grow numb to this violence, and we must show our nation can come together to address this hatred." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2022 Letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America - Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Push Infant Formula Manufacturers to Address Shortages and Get Formula on Shelves Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 13, 2022 Tweet - "The United States has the most dysfunctional, inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive health care system in the world. It's time for Medicare for All." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2022 Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. While Americans are struggling at the pump, in the first three months of this year, 21 oil and gas companies made over $41 billion in profits, more than double their profits from last year. The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 13, 2022 Tweet - "The attack by Israeli forces against mourners at the funeral of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is an outrage. The United States must condemn this, and demand an independent investigation into her killing." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 12, 2022 PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare for All Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 12, 2022 Letter to Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services - Grassley, Whitehouse Lead Senators in Call to Fully Fund FinCEN's Anti-Money Laundering Operations Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 11, 2022 Tweet - "If you can't stand up for a woman's right to choose, for voting rights, for an economy that works for all, why are you caucusing with the Senate Democrats? We need a Democratic Majority where all members believe in economic, racial, social and environmental justice." Sen.Bernie Sanders
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