NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Booker Introduce Legislation to Close Eligibility Gaps in Health Care Access for Millions of Veterans, the National Guard, and Reserve Service Members
WASHINGTON, June 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and current Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with his colleagues in the Senate, yesterday introduced two pieces of legislation that would close eligibility gaps to ensure millions more veterans regardless of income, as well as the National
MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate HELP Committee to Mark Up Legislation on Thursday
WASHINGTON, June 13 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday, June 15 will hold an Executive Session to mark up legislation at 10:00 a.m. ET. The following reauthorization bills will be considered at the markup: S. 133, NAPA Reauthorization Act S. 134, Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act S. 265, SIREN Reauthorization Act S. 1844, Animal Drug
NEWS: New Report Shows How Badly Big Pharma Is Ripping Off American People With Publicly Funded Medications
The American People Pay the Highest Prices in the World For Lifesaving Prescription Drugs That They Helped Create Report shows, over the last 20 years, the average price of new medical treatments that NIH scientists helped invent is $111,000 – more than ten times the price that led the NIH to first introduce a reasonable pricing clause in 1989. WASHINGTON,
NEWS: Sanders Announces $1 Million in Federal Funding for Solar and Other Sustainable Energy Projects in Vermont Schools, Libraries and More
BURLINGTON, Vt., June 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Vermont Department of Public Service today announced $1 million in federal funding will soon come to Vermont to establish sustainable energy projects at elementary, middle, and high schools across the state – as well as municipal buildings such as public libraries and town halls. The funds were secured by
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Host Outdoor Town Meeting and Hiking Event on Vermont’s Long Trail
BURLINGTON, Vt., June 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be joined by hundreds of Vermonters for an outdoor town meeting and hike at Barnes Camp Visitor Center on Saturday, June 10. “One of my favorite parts of living in our state is enjoying the beauty of our great outdoors,” said Sanders. “I organized this event to bring people of
