NEWS: Sanders Statement on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 24 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday issued the following statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: โ€œThe Russian invasion of Ukraine that the world is witnessing today is a blatant violation of international law and of basic human decency. It may well kill thousands and displace millions. It could plunge Europe into long-term economic and political

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NEWS: Sanders Statement on U.S. Response to Russia

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 22 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday issued the following statement after President Biden announced the first tranche of economic sanctions against Russia in response to President Vladimir Putinโ€™s formal recognition of two breakaway territories in Eastern Ukraine: โ€œVladimir Putinโ€™s latest invasion of Ukraine is an indefensible violation of international law, regardless of whatever false pretext he

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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders at Senate Budget Committee Hearing on Wall Street Greed and Growing Oligarchy in America

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today delivered remarks at the committee hearing, โ€œWarrior Met and Wall Street Greed: What Corporate Raiders are Doing to Workers and Consumersโ€ to examine growing oligarchy on Wall Street through the case study of Warrior Met Coal in Alabama where workers have spent the last 11

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NEWS: Sanders Hears Directly from Vermont Students at Virtual Town Meeting

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 โ€“ As the world faces the third year of the coronavirus pandemic and a growing crisis in schools around the country, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday evening held a virtual student town meeting to hear directly from young people about the challenges they are experiencing today and how the federal government can begin to address their

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