Sanders, Khanna Condemn Pentagon Authorization โ€œGiveaway,โ€ Urge Congress to Vote No

WASHINGTON, December 9โ€”In response to the publication of the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2020, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) issued the following statement:ย โ€œCongress must vote against this disastrous Pentagon authorizationโ€”a bill of astonishing moral cowardice. Congress should have used this National Defense Authorization Act to stop our endless wars. Instead,

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Wyden, Sanders Demand More Accountability Following Pentagonโ€™s Second Financial Audit

WASHINGTON, December 9ย โ€“ U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today released the following statement regardingย the completion of the Pentagonโ€™s second financial audit:ย  โ€œThe Pentagon has just completed its second full financial audit and the results look a lot like a Sergio Leone western: thereโ€™s some good, some bad, and some ugly.  โ€œThe good news is that the

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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Urge Administration to Deny Gilead Monopoly Profits on HIV Drug Over Misconduct

WASHINGTON, December 9 โ€“ย Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)ย are demanding that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) deny a patent extension requested by Gilead Sciences for a lifesaving HIV medicine, worth tens of billions of dollars, due to the pharmaceutical giantโ€™s โ€œdeceitful and immoralโ€ behavior. The lawmakers urge the government to instead allow the drug Descovyโ€”used

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Sanders Launches Tenth Annual State of the Union Essay Contest

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 26 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched his tenth annual State of the Union essay contest. Each January, the President of the United States delivers the โ€œState of the Unionโ€ speech to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Because Senator Sanders knows that great ideas come from every corner

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Statement from Senator Sanders on the Passing of Jake Burton Carpenter

BURLINGTON, Nov. 22 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued following the statement:ย ย “With the loss of Jake Burton, the state of Vermont has lost one its greatest entrepreneurs, the individual who created the entire international snowboard industry. Jake’s initiatives have created many hundreds of jobs in Vermont, have brought tens of thousands of snowboarders to our mountains and brought joy

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Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Announce The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act

WASHINGTON, November 14 โ€“ Today, at 3 p.m. outside the U.S. Capitol Building, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will announce the introduction of the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act in partnership with public housing residents, affordable housing advocates, and climate change activists. The sweeping legislation they will unveil aims to retrofit, rehabilitate, and decarbonize

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