NEWS: Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of HELP Committee Invite Starbucks CEO to Testify at Hearing on Company’s Labor Practices

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – In a letter signed by all the Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 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

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NEWS: In Remarks to Advocates, Sanders Proposes Major Expansion of Community Health Centers

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the new chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday during remarks to Advocates for Community Health proposed a historic expansion of community health centers.  “We must expand these programs so that every American has the ability to access the primary health care, dental care, mental health counseling,

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Roundtable Discussion With Student Finalists of His State of the Union Essay Contest

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday will host a roundtable discussion with the student finalists of his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest at the Vermont State House. This year, 382 students from 31 Vermont high schools submitted essays. A panel of seven Vermont educators served as volunteer judges, ranking the essays and

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Town Hall on the Teacher Pay Crisis in America

Rebecca Pringle, the President of  NEA, and Randi Weingarten, the President of AFT, will Join Sen. Sanders on Stage WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Monday, February 13, will host a town hall at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the pay crisis teachers are facing throughout the

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