NEWS: Sanders Sends Dear Colleague Letter Expressing Serious Concerns Over $110.5 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Ahead of Wednesday Vote
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 – Ahead of consideration in the Senate of the $110.5 billion emergency foreign aid supplemental bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday evening sent a letter to his colleagues in the Senate Democratic Caucus expressing his serious concerns about the package. While expressing strong support for funding Ukraine’s resistance to Putin’s aggression, as well as the need
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Expresses Concerns About Foreign Aid Supplemental Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday evening spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about some of his concerns regarding the $106 billion emergency foreign aid supplemental bill that may soon be considered in the Senate.Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: M. President, Let me say a few
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Floor Speech on Israel, Palestine, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza as Congress Considers Supplemental Spending Legislation
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday evening spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about Israel, Palestine, and the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: M. President, I rise to say a few words about the terrible situation in the Middle East. As you
NEWS: Statement from the Vermont Congressional Delegation on the Montpelier Post Office
MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov. 21 – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today issued the following statement: “The U.S. Postal Service’s failure to secure safe and stable postal service facilities in Vermont’s capital city following the catastrophic flooding that displaced their offices on State Street, along with an unwillingness to communicate with the local Montpelier community or their own employees, is a
NEWS: Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of the HELP Committee Invite Big Pharma CEOs to Testify at Hearing on Outrageously High Drug Prices
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – In letters signed by every Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
