Sanders Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 23 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday after the White House said President Donald Trump would withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership: “I am glad the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead and gone. For the last 30 years, we have had a series of trade deals — including the North American

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Sanders Statement on Trump Cabinet Confirmation Votes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday after the Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominations of retired Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security and set up a debate Monday on the nomination of Rep. Mike Pompeo to lead the Central

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Sanders Honors King’s ‘Unbelievable Courage’

ATLANTA, Jan. 16 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined civil rights leaders at Ebenezer Baptist Church to mark Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.  Sanders said King saw not only the need to end racism and segregation in the United States but to fight to create an economy that works for all Americans. “Today we are not just

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Sanders Optimistic Congress Will Lower Drug Prices

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Thursday that he is optimistic that Congress will pass legislation to significantly reduce prescription drug prices in the United States where consumers pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription medicine. The Senate voted Wednesday on an amendment by Sanders and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to let pharmacists,

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Senate to Vote on Sanders Amendment to Lower Rx Prices

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 – Hours before a Senate vote Wednesday on a plan to rein in skyrocketing drug prices, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) agreed with President-elect Donald Trump’s sharp criticism of pharmaceutical companies. Trump told a news conference Wednesday in New York that drugmakers are “getting away with murder.” “You know what?” Sanders said in Senate floor speech soon afterward,

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Sanders: Trump Must Pledge to Veto Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 8 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed comments on Sunday from Reince Priebus, the incoming White House chief of staff, that President-elect Donald Trump would not “meddle with Medicare or Social Security.” Sanders said, however, that Trump must go further.   Trump must make it clear to Republicans in Congress that he would veto any legislation

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