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The legislation also guarantees the solvency of the Black Lung Disability Fund, ensuring continued medical care for tens of thousands of working-class Americans who provided energy to the nation for decades. WASHINGTON, May 23 – As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry – while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous,

At the senators’ recommendation, President Biden nominates Mary Kay Lanthier to be the next District Court judge in the District of Vermont WASHINGTON, May 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded President Biden’s announcement today for his nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge in the District

WASHINGTON, May 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday night spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders amidst the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza: Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: Mr. President, there has been

WASHINGTON, May 21 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a new policy to require companies that make drugs invented by NIH scientists more accessible: Let me thank Dr. Monica Bertagnolli for releasing a plan today

“Student loan debt should never be a life sentence,” wrote the senators. WASHINGTON, May 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 13 fellow senators in submitting a public comment letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education on President Biden’s proposal to reduce or eliminate federal student