NEWS:ย Sanders, Democratic HELP Members Launch Investigation into Secretary Kennedyโ€™s Dangerous and Unprecedented Vaccine Committee Firings

WASHINGTON, July 29 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), alongside seven Democratic members of the committee, launched an investigation into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.โ€™s decision to gut the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replace its non-partisan scientific experts with ideologues who

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Providers to Highlight Threat to Seniors from Medicaid Cuts in Trumpโ€™s โ€˜Big Beautiful Billโ€™

WASHINGTON, July 28 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will hold a press conference with nursing home leaders and providers from across the country to raise the alarm about the disastrous impact of nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act in President Trumpโ€™s

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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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