NEWS: Sanders Announces Vermont Will Receive Nearly $20 Million in Withheld Public Education Funding

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 25 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would release nearly $20 million in public education funding for Vermont that it had illegally withheld, as part of nearly $5.5 billion that was held back nationwide. A

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NEWS: Sanders, Omar Introduce Legislation to Repeal Corporate Welfare for Fossil Fuels in Trumpโ€™s โ€˜Big, Beautiful Bill,โ€™ End Giveaways That Destroy the Planet

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 25 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act, legislation to eliminate President Trumpโ€™s enormous new handouts to the fossil fuel industry contained in the โ€œBig, Beautiful Bill,โ€ along with existing polluter welfare for the fossil fuel industry. First introduced by Sanders in 2012, the bill eliminates more than

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NEWS: Sanders Introduces Legislation to Address Americaโ€™s Teacher Pay Crisis, Holds Town Hall with Public School Educators

WASHINGTON, July 24 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today introduced the Pay Teachers Act after hearing from more than 200 teachers and educational leaders from across the country during a town hall at the U.S. Capitol. At a time when school districts nationwide report serious staffing shortages

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NEWS: Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Employee Ownership Highlighting Success of Vermontโ€™s King Arthur Baking Company

WASHINGTON, July 23 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced that tomorrow at 10 a.m., the HELP Committee will hold a bipartisan hearing on the need to expand employee ownership in Vermont and throughout the country. Testifying at the hearing will be Brock Barton, the Chief Financial Officer

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Town Hall on Teacher Pay Crisis with Hundreds of Educators from Across the Country

WASHINGTON, July 22 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will hold a town hall on Thursday with more than 100 teachers and educational leaders at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the teacher pay crisis impacting schools, students and communities. Joining Sanders at the town hall will be Sen.

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