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Jan. 18, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, CEOs of the top 350 firms in the U.S. made, on average, 351 times more than a typical worker. To my mind, that is absurd. It is time to end the obscene levels of income inequality in this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 16, 2022 Tweet - "We must utilize the Defense Production Act to produce and deliver high-quality, N95 masks to every person in this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 14, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United Staes - Rep. Correa Fights for Health Care Workers Safety During Covid-19 Pandemic Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America; Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - DUCKWORTH JOINS GILLIBRAND, 19 COLLEAGUES IN CALLING ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE AND MAKE PERMANENT OSHA'S EMERGENCY COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS; PROTECTIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO LAPSE Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Hon. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Senator Baldwin Calls on FDA to Change Discriminatory Blood Donation Policies to Address National Blood Supply Shortage 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. 13, 2022 Senator Baldwin Supports Legislation to Give Every American Lifesaving N95 Masks 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 Trahan Co-Leads Legislation to Give Every American Lifesaving N95 Masks 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. 11, 2022 Tweet - "All Americans should have face masks that will keep them safe. I will be introducing legislation tomorrow for N95 masks to be sent to every household in the country. This will save lives and reduce health care costs." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 10, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman of the Federal Regulatory Commission - With Heating Prices Expected To Increase This Winter, Gillibrand Joins Colleagues In Urging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission To Protect Consumers From Unfairly High Energy Costs Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Meng and Colleagues Call for President Biden to Take Further Steps to Comprehensively and Equitably Expand Access to COVID-19 Rapid Testing Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 10, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Padilla Urges Biden Administration to Take Additional Action to Expand Access to COVID-19 Rapid Testing Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 7, 2022 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - U.S. Senators Baldwin, Smith, Kaine Press Biden Administration to Ensure Easy Access to COVID-19 Rapid Tests Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 4, 2022 Tweet - "The greatest weapon our opponents have is not just their unlimited wealth and power. It is their ability to create a culture that makes us feel weak and hopeless and diminishes the strength of human solidarity. We cannot let them succeed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 3, 2022 Sanders and Colleagues Push to Solve the Nursing Crisis in Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 31, 2021 Senator Bernie Sanders, Governor Phil Scott, Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, and House Speaker Jill Krowinski to Discuss Nursing Workforce Crisis Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 26, 2021 Tweet - "As we face the rapidly spreading omicron variant, we should remember that not all face masks are created equal. Congress must demand the mass production and distribution of N-95 masks, the most effective way to stop the spread of the Covid virus." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 22, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Reed, Clark Urge HHS to Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 21, 2021 Van Hollen, Warren, Baldwin, Maloney Reintroduce Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021 Baldwin, Warren, Maloney Lead More than 100 Democrats in Senate and House in Reintroducing Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Unless action is taken soon Medicare premiums will skyrocket in order to cover a questionable Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, that costs $56,000 a year. That is insane. We must stop this premium hike on 57 million seniors now. Time is running out." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 15, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; Hon. Janet Yellen Secretary of Treasury - Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "No, we should not accept a health care system that allows the pharmaceutical industry to raise the cost of prescription drugs whenever they want to whatever they want. That is barbaric." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "My simple question is, why in the world would the United States reward a regime that has caused such pain in Yemen with more weapons. The answer is we should not." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Hon. Brenda Mallory, Chair Council on Environmental Quality - End Government Purchase of Products with PFAS Contamination Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "This is obscene. Last week, 8 investors in Pfizer and Moderna became $10 billion richer as news about the Omicron variant spread. It's time for these pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccines with the world and start controlling their greed. Enough is enough!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Bob Dole served his country with courage on the battlefield, and with dignity in the Senate. Jane and I send our condolences to his family." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 4, 2021 Tweet - "Is anyone in the United States Congress willing to tell me with a straight face that "yeah, the American people enjoy paying some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?" Totally absurd." 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. 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President - Urging Delay in Medicare Premiums Increase Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, Ranking Member Inhofe - Grassley, Colleagues Push To Keep Bipartisan Military Justice Bill In Pentagon Funding Measure Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, keeping teeth in your mouth as you grow old should not be a luxury. We must expand Medicare NOW." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "The time for debate by the members of the World Trade Organization is over. We must urgently move NOW to dismantle the vaccine inequality that undermines our ability to confront this crisis and make vaccine technologies available to all, regardless of wealth." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Sanders Calls on WTO Members to Stop Delaying Vaccine Waiver Decision as Group Postpones Critical Meeting Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Letter to Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Warner joins Gillibrand and Colleagues in Letter Pushing Committee Leadership to Keep Senate-Passed Military Justice Bill in Final NDAA Language Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 25, 2021 Tweet - "Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. In these difficult times let us continue standing together, with hope and love, to create the world of peace and justice that we all deserve. Despair is not an option." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "When 1 in 4 Americans can't afford their prescription drugs, maybe, just maybe, we should take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "Insulin should not cost 10 times as much in the United States as it does in Canada. Period." 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 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Baldwin, Brown, Sanders and Warren Push for WTO Waiver on Intellectual Property Barriers Blocking Vaccine Production Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 21, 2021 Tweet - "If we mobilize, if we come together, if we have a vision -- based on justice -- of where we want our country to go, we can win. We can create the world that we know we can become." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 19, 2021 Sanders Statement on House Passage of Build Back Better Act Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 8, 2021 Letter to Hon. Stephen Dickson, Administrator Federal Aviation Administration - PFAS-free Firefighting Foam Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 2, 2021 Sen. Ossoff Introduces Bill to Make Energy Efficient Technology More Affordable for Georgia Families, Lower Energy Bills Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 27, 2021 Letter to Ms. Gayle Smith, Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security Senator, and Mr. Jeremy Konydyk Executive Director, COVID-19 Task Force United States Agency for International Development-Markey and Rep. Krishnamoorthi Lead Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Outline Plans to Meet Global Vaccination Goal Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 26, 2021 Letter to Shalanda Young, OMB Acting Director - Outline Plans to Meet Global Vaccination Goal Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Reps. Adams and Panetta Urge Congressional Leadership to Maintain $7.75 Billion in Agriculture Research Funding in Build Back Better Agenda Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Date Title Politician
Jan. 18, 2022 Tweet - "Last year, CEOs of the top 350 firms in the U.S. made, on average, 351 times more than a typical worker. To my mind, that is absurd. It is time to end the obscene levels of income inequality in this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 16, 2022 Tweet - "We must utilize the Defense Production Act to produce and deliver high-quality, N95 masks to every person in this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 14, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United Staes - Rep. Correa Fights for Health Care Workers Safety During Covid-19 Pandemic Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America; Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - DUCKWORTH JOINS GILLIBRAND, 19 COLLEAGUES IN CALLING ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE AND MAKE PERMANENT OSHA'S EMERGENCY COVID-19 PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS; PROTECTIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO LAPSE Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 13, 2022 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Hon. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Senator Baldwin Calls on FDA to Change Discriminatory Blood Donation Policies to Address National Blood Supply Shortage 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. 13, 2022 Senator Baldwin Supports Legislation to Give Every American Lifesaving N95 Masks 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 Trahan Co-Leads Legislation to Give Every American Lifesaving N95 Masks 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. 11, 2022 Tweet - "All Americans should have face masks that will keep them safe. I will be introducing legislation tomorrow for N95 masks to be sent to every household in the country. This will save lives and reduce health care costs." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 10, 2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman of the Federal Regulatory Commission - With Heating Prices Expected To Increase This Winter, Gillibrand Joins Colleagues In Urging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission To Protect Consumers From Unfairly High Energy Costs Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 10, 2022 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Meng and Colleagues Call for President Biden to Take Further Steps to Comprehensively and Equitably Expand Access to COVID-19 Rapid Testing Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 10, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Padilla Urges Biden Administration to Take Additional Action to Expand Access to COVID-19 Rapid Testing Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 7, 2022 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - U.S. Senators Baldwin, Smith, Kaine Press Biden Administration to Ensure Easy Access to COVID-19 Rapid Tests Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 4, 2022 Tweet - "The greatest weapon our opponents have is not just their unlimited wealth and power. It is their ability to create a culture that makes us feel weak and hopeless and diminishes the strength of human solidarity. We cannot let them succeed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 3, 2022 Sanders and Colleagues Push to Solve the Nursing Crisis in Vermont Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 31, 2021 Senator Bernie Sanders, Governor Phil Scott, Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, and House Speaker Jill Krowinski to Discuss Nursing Workforce Crisis Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 26, 2021 Tweet - "As we face the rapidly spreading omicron variant, we should remember that not all face masks are created equal. Congress must demand the mass production and distribution of N-95 masks, the most effective way to stop the spread of the Covid virus." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 22, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Van Hollen, Reed, Clark Urge HHS to Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 21, 2021 Van Hollen, Warren, Baldwin, Maloney Reintroduce Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021 Baldwin, Warren, Maloney Lead More than 100 Democrats in Senate and House in Reintroducing Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Unless action is taken soon Medicare premiums will skyrocket in order to cover a questionable Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, that costs $56,000 a year. That is insane. We must stop this premium hike on 57 million seniors now. Time is running out." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 15, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; Hon. Janet Yellen Secretary of Treasury - Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "No, we should not accept a health care system that allows the pharmaceutical industry to raise the cost of prescription drugs whenever they want to whatever they want. That is barbaric." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Tweet - "My simple question is, why in the world would the United States reward a regime that has caused such pain in Yemen with more weapons. The answer is we should not." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 6, 2021 Letter to Hon. Brenda Mallory, Chair Council on Environmental Quality - End Government Purchase of Products with PFAS Contamination Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "This is obscene. Last week, 8 investors in Pfizer and Moderna became $10 billion richer as news about the Omicron variant spread. It's time for these pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccines with the world and start controlling their greed. Enough is enough!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 5, 2021 Tweet - "Bob Dole served his country with courage on the battlefield, and with dignity in the Senate. Jane and I send our condolences to his family." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 4, 2021 Tweet - "Is anyone in the United States Congress willing to tell me with a straight face that "yeah, the American people enjoy paying some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?" Totally absurd." 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. 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President - Urging Delay in Medicare Premiums Increase Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 1, 2021 Letter to Chairman Smith, Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Rogers, Ranking Member Inhofe - Grassley, Colleagues Push To Keep Bipartisan Military Justice Bill In Pentagon Funding Measure Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2021 Tweet - "In the richest country in the history of the world, keeping teeth in your mouth as you grow old should not be a luxury. We must expand Medicare NOW." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "The time for debate by the members of the World Trade Organization is over. We must urgently move NOW to dismantle the vaccine inequality that undermines our ability to confront this crisis and make vaccine technologies available to all, regardless of wealth." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Sanders Calls on WTO Members to Stop Delaying Vaccine Waiver Decision as Group Postpones Critical Meeting Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 30, 2021 Letter to Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Jim Inhofe, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee - Warner joins Gillibrand and Colleagues in Letter Pushing Committee Leadership to Keep Senate-Passed Military Justice Bill in Final NDAA Language Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 25, 2021 Tweet - "Jane and I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. In these difficult times let us continue standing together, with hope and love, to create the world of peace and justice that we all deserve. Despair is not an option." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "When 1 in 4 Americans can't afford their prescription drugs, maybe, just maybe, we should take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 23, 2021 Tweet - "Insulin should not cost 10 times as much in the United States as it does in Canada. Period." 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 Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Baldwin, Brown, Sanders and Warren Push for WTO Waiver on Intellectual Property Barriers Blocking Vaccine Production Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 21, 2021 Tweet - "If we mobilize, if we come together, if we have a vision -- based on justice -- of where we want our country to go, we can win. We can create the world that we know we can become." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 19, 2021 Sanders Statement on House Passage of Build Back Better Act Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 8, 2021 Letter to Hon. Stephen Dickson, Administrator Federal Aviation Administration - PFAS-free Firefighting Foam Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 2, 2021 Sen. Ossoff Introduces Bill to Make Energy Efficient Technology More Affordable for Georgia Families, Lower Energy Bills Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 27, 2021 Letter to Ms. Gayle Smith, Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security Senator, and Mr. Jeremy Konydyk Executive Director, COVID-19 Task Force United States Agency for International Development-Markey and Rep. Krishnamoorthi Lead Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Outline Plans to Meet Global Vaccination Goal Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 26, 2021 Letter to Shalanda Young, OMB Acting Director - Outline Plans to Meet Global Vaccination Goal Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Reps. Adams and Panetta Urge Congressional Leadership to Maintain $7.75 Billion in Agriculture Research Funding in Build Back Better Agenda Sen.Peter Welch, ...
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