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March 8, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Addressing Rising Prices and Severe Supply Chain Issues, Sinema Urges Congressional Leaders to Continue Boosting American Semiconductor Investments Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon blaming a 17% increase in its prime membership fees on labor costs while its profits soared 56% last year to $33 billion & Jeff Bezos became $74 billion richer during the pandemic. The problem is not the Amazon worker making $15 an hour. It's greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 23, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Tyson Foods raising the price of beef by 35% while its owner became $1.6 billion richer during the pandemic, its profits skyrocketed by 140% last quarter to $1.12 billion and its CEO got a 22% raise last year to $14 million. It's not inflation. It's greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Today in America: - the two richest people own more wealth than the bottom 40% - the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 92% That level of inequality is immoral and unsustainable." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 14, 2022 Tweet - "The billionaire class has seen its wealth explode during the pandemic while half of our people continue to live paycheck to paycheck." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 12, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Kroger giving its CEO a 296% pay raise over the past decade, increasing profits by 23.5% in 2021, seeing its stock price jump 36% in the past year and spending $1.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, while 44% of Kroger workers can't afford rent." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Senate Colleagues in Push to Reinstate COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 8, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Following The 29th Anniversary Of FMLA, Gillibrand Leads Senate Colleagues In Push To Reinstate Covid-19 Emergency Paid Sick And Family Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 26, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Lofgren, Panetta, Costa & Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Take Further Action to Ease Supply Chain Problems, Allow American Farmers to Fairly Compete Globally Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Costa calls on Biden to take further action on supply chain crisis Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 20, 2022 Sanders Stands with Over 8,000 Striking Kroger Workers and Demands Grocery Chain Reach a Fair Agreement Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 14, 2022 Sanders and Colleagues Demand Major Wall Street Firm Back Striking Alabama Miners Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Brown, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 12, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Gillibrand Leads 20 Colleagues In Calling On Biden Administration To Continue And Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency Covid-19 Protections For Health Care Workers; Protections Have Been Allowed To Lapse Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 12, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 7, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Consumer Protection from Rising Gas, Home Heating, and Energy Costs Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 20, 2021 Letter to Andy Jassy, President and CEO of Amazon and Jeffrey Bezos, Executive Chair of Amazon - Brown Demands Answers From Amazon on Labor Practices, Asks Department of Labor to Investigate Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader; Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Small Business Economic Health and Wellbeing Needs to Remain a Top Priority Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "Today, our younger generations have a lower standard of living than their parents did at their age. Meanwhile, the cost of housing is 72% higher and the cost of college is 163% higher than it was 20 years ago -- after adjusting for inflation. The time for action is NOW." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "When a small number of people at the top are doing phenomenally well, while millions of people struggle, maybe, just maybe, it's time we stand up for the working class of this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "If the founder of Starbucks can become nearly $2 BILLION richer during the pandemic, yes, Starbucks can afford to pay its workers a living wage.:" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "Why should we accept a reality in which the rich have so much while so many have so little?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 3, 2021 Letter to Walter J. Scheller CEO Warrior Met Coal Inc. - Negotiate A Fair Contract With Workers Union Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 2, 2021 Tweet - "We must build an economy that works for all Americans, not just billionaires and large corporations. Period." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 27, 2021 Tweet - "It is expensive to raise kids, and working class parents are struggling. By expanding the Child Tax Credit we have helped millions of families and are cutting childhood poverty by 45%. A great accomplishment. Yet, not one Republican will vote to extend that program. Pathetic." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "Working people are struggling. Their jobs don't pay enough. They have too much debt. They can't afford their prescription drugs. The planet around them is becoming uninhabitable. Now is the time for the United States government to finally address their needs." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "Am I supposed to be impressed that billionaires are going to space while they've paid zero in federal income taxes some years? Nope. It's time to invest in working people here on Earth." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 22, 2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Replenish the Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 20, 2021 Tweet - "Right now, the people on top are doing phenomenally well while the working class of this country continues to struggle. That is not right. That MUST change." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 19, 2021 Tweet - "When it comes to improving the lives of our people, I hear, "Oh my god, Bernie! The deficit! The national debt!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 18, 2021 MSNBC "All In with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sept. 9, 2021 Leahy, Sanders, Welch And Scott Announce $4.5 M. In N. Border Grants To 14 Vermont Communities Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 1, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy - Incorporate EPSCoR Provisions in the Conference Bill Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 30, 2021 NEWS: Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Treasury to Release Funding for Vermont Counties Secured Through the American Rescue Plan Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 27, 2021 NEWS: Sanders, Leahy, Schumer, and Gillibrand Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2021 NEWS: Sanders, Murphy, Lee Introduce Sweeping, Bipartisan Legislation to Overhaul Congress' Role in National Security Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabel Guzman, Administrator of US Small Business Administration - Representative Nadler Joins More Than 200 House Colleagues Urging the Small Business Administration to Immediately Release Critical Funds for Shuttered Venues Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 23, 2021 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 9, 2021 NEWS: Sanders Statement on President Biden's Discretionary Budget Request Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 12, 2021 Chairman Sanders Announces Senate Budget Hearing on the Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 26, 2021 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2021 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 29, 2021 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 26, 2021 Sanders, Top Democrats Introduce Bill Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 15, 2021 Sanders: Biden's COVID Rescue Plan a "Very Strong First Installment" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 21, 2020 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 16, 2020 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 11, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump, President of the United States - Reps. Kildee, Davis Lead 75 Members of Congress Urging Trump Administration to Extend Unemployment Benefits Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 10, 2020 Letter to Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader, Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of The House, and Honorable Kevin Mc Carthy, Republican Leader - Cortez Masto, Rosen Urge Congressional Leaders: Pass the Bipartisan Restaurants Act Before Too Late Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 9, 2020 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minor Leader; Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader; Hon. Steve Scalise, House Minority Whip - Rep. Austin Scott Fights for COVID-19 Tax Relief for Small Businesses Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Date Title Politician
March 8, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Addressing Rising Prices and Severe Supply Chain Issues, Sinema Urges Congressional Leaders to Continue Boosting American Semiconductor Investments Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon blaming a 17% increase in its prime membership fees on labor costs while its profits soared 56% last year to $33 billion & Jeff Bezos became $74 billion richer during the pandemic. The problem is not the Amazon worker making $15 an hour. It's greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 23, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Tyson Foods raising the price of beef by 35% while its owner became $1.6 billion richer during the pandemic, its profits skyrocketed by 140% last quarter to $1.12 billion and its CEO got a 22% raise last year to $14 million. It's not inflation. It's greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Today in America: - the two richest people own more wealth than the bottom 40% - the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 92% That level of inequality is immoral and unsustainable." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 14, 2022 Tweet - "The billionaire class has seen its wealth explode during the pandemic while half of our people continue to live paycheck to paycheck." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 12, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Kroger giving its CEO a 296% pay raise over the past decade, increasing profits by 23.5% in 2021, seeing its stock price jump 36% in the past year and spending $1.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, while 44% of Kroger workers can't afford rent." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 9, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Senate Colleagues in Push to Reinstate COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 8, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Following The 29th Anniversary Of FMLA, Gillibrand Leads Senate Colleagues In Push To Reinstate Covid-19 Emergency Paid Sick And Family Leave Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 26, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Lofgren, Panetta, Costa & Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Take Further Action to Ease Supply Chain Problems, Allow American Farmers to Fairly Compete Globally Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Costa calls on Biden to take further action on supply chain crisis Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 20, 2022 Sanders Stands with Over 8,000 Striking Kroger Workers and Demands Grocery Chain Reach a Fair Agreement Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 14, 2022 Sanders and Colleagues Demand Major Wall Street Firm Back Striking Alabama Miners Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Brown, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 12, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Gillibrand Leads 20 Colleagues In Calling On Biden Administration To Continue And Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency Covid-19 Protections For Health Care Workers; Protections Have Been Allowed To Lapse Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 12, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 7, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Consumer Protection from Rising Gas, Home Heating, and Energy Costs Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 20, 2021 Letter to Andy Jassy, President and CEO of Amazon and Jeffrey Bezos, Executive Chair of Amazon - Brown Demands Answers From Amazon on Labor Practices, Asks Department of Labor to Investigate Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader; Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Small Business Economic Health and Wellbeing Needs to Remain a Top Priority Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "Today, our younger generations have a lower standard of living than their parents did at their age. Meanwhile, the cost of housing is 72% higher and the cost of college is 163% higher than it was 20 years ago -- after adjusting for inflation. The time for action is NOW." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "When a small number of people at the top are doing phenomenally well, while millions of people struggle, maybe, just maybe, it's time we stand up for the working class of this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "If the founder of Starbucks can become nearly $2 BILLION richer during the pandemic, yes, Starbucks can afford to pay its workers a living wage.:" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "Why should we accept a reality in which the rich have so much while so many have so little?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 3, 2021 Letter to Walter J. Scheller CEO Warrior Met Coal Inc. - Negotiate A Fair Contract With Workers Union Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 2, 2021 Tweet - "We must build an economy that works for all Americans, not just billionaires and large corporations. Period." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 27, 2021 Tweet - "It is expensive to raise kids, and working class parents are struggling. By expanding the Child Tax Credit we have helped millions of families and are cutting childhood poverty by 45%. A great accomplishment. Yet, not one Republican will vote to extend that program. Pathetic." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "Working people are struggling. Their jobs don't pay enough. They have too much debt. They can't afford their prescription drugs. The planet around them is becoming uninhabitable. Now is the time for the United States government to finally address their needs." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "Am I supposed to be impressed that billionaires are going to space while they've paid zero in federal income taxes some years? Nope. It's time to invest in working people here on Earth." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 22, 2021 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Replenish the Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 20, 2021 Tweet - "Right now, the people on top are doing phenomenally well while the working class of this country continues to struggle. That is not right. That MUST change." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 19, 2021 Tweet - "When it comes to improving the lives of our people, I hear, "Oh my god, Bernie! The deficit! The national debt!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 18, 2021 MSNBC "All In with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 9, 2021 Leahy, Sanders, Welch And Scott Announce $4.5 M. In N. Border Grants To 14 Vermont Communities Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 1, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Charles Schumer, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy - Incorporate EPSCoR Provisions in the Conference Bill Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 30, 2021 NEWS: Leahy, Sanders, Welch: Treasury to Release Funding for Vermont Counties Secured Through the American Rescue Plan Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 27, 2021 NEWS: Sanders, Leahy, Schumer, and Gillibrand Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2021 NEWS: Sanders, Murphy, Lee Introduce Sweeping, Bipartisan Legislation to Overhaul Congress' Role in National Security Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabel Guzman, Administrator of US Small Business Administration - Representative Nadler Joins More Than 200 House Colleagues Urging the Small Business Administration to Immediately Release Critical Funds for Shuttered Venues Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 23, 2021 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 9, 2021 NEWS: Sanders Statement on President Biden's Discretionary Budget Request Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 12, 2021 Chairman Sanders Announces Senate Budget Hearing on the Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 26, 2021 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 15, 2021 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 29, 2021 CNN "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" - Transcript: Interview with Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 26, 2021 Sanders, Top Democrats Introduce Bill Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 15, 2021 Sanders: Biden's COVID Rescue Plan a "Very Strong First Installment" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 21, 2020 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 16, 2020 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview with Senator Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 11, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump, President of the United States - Reps. Kildee, Davis Lead 75 Members of Congress Urging Trump Administration to Extend Unemployment Benefits Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 10, 2020 Letter to Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, Honorable Charles E. Schumer, Minority Leader, Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of The House, and Honorable Kevin Mc Carthy, Republican Leader - Cortez Masto, Rosen Urge Congressional Leaders: Pass the Bipartisan Restaurants Act Before Too Late Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 9, 2020 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minor Leader; Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader; Hon. Steve Scalise, House Minority Whip - Rep. Austin Scott Fights for COVID-19 Tax Relief for Small Businesses Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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