NEWS: Sanders Statement on Tentative Rail Agreement

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued the following statement after rail carriers and rail workers reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement: โ€œLet me congratulate the rail unions who stood up to corporate greed, forced the industry to make important concessions, and negotiated better wages, benefits and working conditions. I also want to thank President Biden

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PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Objects to Republican Resolution Aimed at Harming Rail Workersโ€™ Fight for Sick Days and Better Working Conditions

Sanders: โ€œWhat we should be doing is telling the CEOs in the rail industry: Treat your workers with dignity and respect, not contempt.โ€ WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, objected to the motion for unanimous consent on the Republican Burr-Wicker resolution aimed at harming rail workers in their fight for

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PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Highlights Failures of Health Care System and Calls for Medicare for All

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate urged support for Medicare for All following aย recent pollย showing America’s dissatisfaction with our dysfunctional and collapsing health care system. Sandersโ€™ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watchedย here. M. President, I understand that there is a lot that is going on

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PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Gives Floor Remarks on Climate Disasters and the Mountain Valley Pipeline

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8ย โ€“ย Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday on the floor of the U.S. Senate gave remarks onย the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the catastrophic climate events happening across the world. Sandersโ€™ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watchedย here. M. President: I rise this morning to express my strong opposition to the so-called โ€œside-dealโ€ that the fossil fuel

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Kaine, Sanders and Colleagues Mark Brazilโ€™s Independence Day with Resolution in Support of Brazilian Democracy, Urging Free, Fair, and Peaceful Elections in October

WASHINGTON, D.C. โ€” Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) teamed up with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to unveil a resolution supporting democratic institutions in Brazil. The introduction comes on the Independence Day of Brazil

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NEWS: Sanders, Colleagues Call on Corbel CEO Jeffrey Schwartz to Provide Severance Pay for Laid-Off LandAir Workers

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sep. 2 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), along with Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), on Thursday sent aย letterย to Corbel Capital Partnersโ€™ CEO Jeffrey Schwartz in support of workers affected by the recent and unexpected closure of LandAir, based in Williston, Vermont. LandAir, a less-than-truckload freight company, had 11 locations in

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