| Aug. 2, 2022
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NEWS: Sanders Applauds Passage of Major Legislation to Support Vermont's Veterans
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Aug. 2, 2022
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Letter to U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan - DeLauro, Warren Call for Better Engagement with Congress, Public on Proposed Indo-Pacific and Americas Trade Deals, No TPP 2.0
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Aug. 1, 2022
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Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Durbin, Warnock, Senate Democrats Call on Biden Administration to Increase the Rate of Refugee Admissions
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 31, 2022
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Tweet - "I say to Senator Toomey, if you don't believe we can afford to take care of our veterans suffering from toxic burn pit exposure, then you should not have approved funding to go to war. Taking care of our veterans is the cost of war -- period. End of discussion."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 28, 2022
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Letter to Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Urge VA to Immediately Begin Offering Abortion Services to Veterans and Eligible Dependents
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 26, 2022
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The Hon. Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Director for the CDC - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues Sounding Alarm on Monkeypox Outbreak, Highlighting Inequities of Vaccine Access
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 26, 2022
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Letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Miller, Schneider, Colleagues Urge Administration to Ensure Financial Certainty, Protect Hospitals from Economic Impacts of COVID-19, Inflation
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| July 25, 2022
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Letter to Tae Johnson, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Cardin, Murray, Colleagues Call on Prison and Immigration Officials to Improve Availability of COVID-19 Therapeutics Among Detainees
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 25, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 25, 2022
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Tweet - "LIVE: Some of my colleagues in the Senate want to give in to the extortion of the microchip industry and hand them a $76 billion blank check. I say instead let's enact the agenda the American people want."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 23, 2022
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Tweet - "Republicans talk about the cost of a Green New Deal. Really? If left unchecked, climate change, according to Deloitte, could cost the global economy $178 trillion over the next 50 years. Droughts, floods, extreme weather are expensive. Inaction is not a moral or economic option."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 22, 2022
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Letter to The Honorable Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of Department of Health and Human Services, Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "King Sounds Alarm On Monkeypox Outbreak, Calls for Action on Vaccine Distribution"
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 22, 2022
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Tweet - "Pharma is spending millions to defeat a very modest drug pricing bill. Intel is spending millions to get a $20 billion handout. Joe Manchin, who is blocking climate action, is the major recipient of fossil fuel campaign contributions. This is how a corrupt political system works."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 22, 2022
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Tweet - "Unbelievable! Not only are Republicans anti-choice but almost all of them in the House just voted against Americans, women and men, having the right to contraception. While the whole world laughs, they want to take us back to the 1800s. Ain't gonna happen."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 21, 2022
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Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 19, 2022
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Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| July 19, 2022
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Letter to the Honorable Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - "Reps. Grijalva, Wild and 21 Members Urge State Department to Call for Independent Investigation into Murders of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira"
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| July 18, 2022
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NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 18, 2022
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LARSON, SANDERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY AFTER GAO REPORT SERIES SHOWS HARMFUL DELAYS IN DISABILITY APPEALS
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 15, 2022
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Tweet - "Yesterday, I met with a few brave human rights activists from the Middle East. Here's what they had to say."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 15, 2022
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Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Congressmen Krishnamoorthi And Blumenauer Call On Biden Administration To Scale-Up Response To Global Food Insecurity
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| July 15, 2022
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Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, and Right Hon. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Baldwin, Pocan, Ali Lead 52 Members of Congress and British Parliamentarians in Calling on U.S. and U.K. to Curb Human Rights Abuses in Egypt
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 13, 2022
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Tweet - "I'll be LIVE on the floor of the Senate at 1:30pm ET to discuss why, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality, now is not the time for Congress to hand a $53 billion blank check to the microchip industry."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 13, 2022
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Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Reps. Barragán and DeLauro Lead Colleagues in Call to FDA to Appoint and Empower a Deputy Commissioner for Foods
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| July 11, 2022
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Tweet - "Today, in America, just three Wall Street firms -- BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street - manage $22 trillion in assets. These three firms are major shareholders in more than 96 percent of S&P 500 companies. Obscene."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 8, 2022
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Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Calling for Extension and Re-Designation of Venezuela for TPS
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 8, 2022
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Tweet - "Average hourly wages for American workers have remained nearly flat since 1960, while home prices have almost TRIPLED over the same time period. It's no wonder that nearly half of all Americans today spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Obscene."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| July 3, 2022
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Tweet - "I am proud of the major increase in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers in Vermont and the number of Vermonters who use them. While the struggle continues to guarantee health care to all, we have made significant progress in improving access to primary health care."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| June 30, 2022
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Tweet - "President Biden is absolutely right. Senate Democrats must end the filibuster and codify the right to an abortion NOW. If you allow the broken rules of the Senate to stand in the way of guaranteeing basic rights for our people, you don't really stand for those rights."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| June 21, 2022
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Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, and Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Securing Additional Funding to Protect Student Internet Access
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| June 20, 2022
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Tweet - "In the French elections, given the choice between progressives who want to increase taxes on the rich, or right-wing extremists who are viciously anti-immigrant, the pro-business "centrist" party of Macron just couldn't make a choice. There's a lesson to be learned here."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| June 17, 2022
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Letter to Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, and Leader McCarthy - As Benefits Cliff Rapidly Approaches, Bennet Joins Colleagues in Push to Fight Food Insecurity
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| June 16, 2022
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Rep. Peter Welch's Statement on Senate Passage of the Honoring Our PACT Act
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Sen. Peter Welch
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| June 14, 2022
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Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Robert Santos, Director of the US Census Bureau - Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Tlaib, and Committee Democrats Push to Include the "Middle Eastern or North African" Response Category in U.S. Census, Federal Data
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| June 14, 2022
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Tweet - "Right now, there are 1,500 paid lobbyists from both parties in Washington working overtime to make sure we don't represent our constituents who are dying and are sick and tired of paying outrageous prices for prescription drugs. What a disgrace."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| June 11, 2022
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Tweet - "Making Gaza's beaches safe for swimming is a small but important step in addressing Gaza's environmental and humanitarian crisis. We must continue to bring people together for these efforts in Palestine and across the region."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| June 10, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| June 1, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 26, 2022
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NEWS: Sanders Speaks With Students Participating in "Vermont Day" at the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 26, 2022
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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
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| May 25, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 25, 2022
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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?"
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 24, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 23, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 16, 2022
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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
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| May 14, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 13, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 13, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 13, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 12, 2022
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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare for All
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 12, 2022
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NEWS: Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| May 11, 2022
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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."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 10, 2022
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Welch-Championed Policy Will Lower Prescription Drug Prices
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Sen. Peter Welch
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| May 10, 2022
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Tweet - "Estimates show that nearly 27 million Americans and their families lost their health care coverage when they lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Let me be clear: health care is a human right, not a job benefit. Yes. It's time for Medicare for All."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 10, 2022
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Letter to Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Padilla, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Advocating for Funding for DOJ's Newly Established Office of Environmental Justice
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| May 2, 2022
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Tweet - "Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW. And if there aren't 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 29, 2022
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Letter to Matt Cartwright, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and Robert Aderholt, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - To Improve Public Safety, We Must Better Support Local Law Enforcement
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 27, 2022
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Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chair of the House Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee, Tom Cole, Ranking Member of the House Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee, David Price, Chair of the House Transportation-HUD Subcommittee, Mario Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member of the House Transportation-HUD Subcommittee - Representatives Cicilline, Moore, Katko Lead Call for Increased Funding for Federal Lead Poisoning Prevention Efforts
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 27, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Tim Ryan, Chairman Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, Hon. Mike Quigley, Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Herrera Beutler, Ranking Member Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, and Hon. Steven Womack, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Financial Services - Rep. Aguilar Leads Letter To Allow DACA Recipients To Hold Federal Employment
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 21, 2022
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Tweet - "We spend twice as much as other countries on health care, yet 80 million remain uninsured or underinsured. A rational health care system should provide quality care for all, not huge profits for insurance and drug companies. That's why I will soon reintroduce Medicare for All."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 19, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Charles E. Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Underwood, Williams Lead Effort to Permanently Lower Health Care Costs
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 19, 2022
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NEWS: Sanders and VA Secretary Hear Directly from Vermont Veterans During Two-Day Visit to See Health Care System Firsthand
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 18, 2022
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Letter to Xavier Becerraa, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Kaine Calls on Administration to Expand Access to Affordable Child Care
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| April 18, 2022
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Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Cicilline, Meeks, Castro, Titus Call on State Department to Expand Opportunities for LGBTQI+ Diplomats
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 13, 2022
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Tweet - "Our current healthcare system is cruel and dysfunctional. Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 11, 2022
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Letter to Pharmaceutical CEOs - Brown, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Call on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 6, 2022
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Himes, Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call on Administration to Work with U.N. Member States to Suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| April 5, 2022
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Letter to Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Gillibrand, Representative Bass Lead Bicameral Letter Urging White House to Update Federal Awards Guidelines to Prioritize Local Hire Programs
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| April 2, 2022
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Letter to Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership to Support Senate Cafeteria Workers
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| April 1, 2022
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Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Corporate Greed
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 1, 2022
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Tweet - "The organizing victory at Amazon on Staten Island is a signal that American workers will no longer accept exploitation. They're tired of working longer hours for lower wages. They want an economy that works for all, not just Jeff Bezos. Congratulations to @amazonlabor ."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| March 31, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Tony Blinken, Secretary of State and Hon. Samantha Power, Administrator of the U. S. Agency for International Development - Kaine & Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Push International Donors to Fulfill $3.8 Billion Funding Gap to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| March 31, 2022
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Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Durbin Joins Murphy In Urging Biden Administration To Address Humanitarian Crisis In Afghanistan
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| March 31, 2022
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Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| March 31, 2022
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Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States - Senators Gillibrand, Sanders And Merkley, Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Pascrell And Kaptur Press Postmaster Dejoy To Improve Postal Banking Pilot Programs
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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