Sanders to Visit Puerto Rico, Thanks Women’s Convention

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday: โ€œI want to apologize to the organizers of the Womenโ€™s Convention for not being able to attend your conference next Friday in Detroit. Given the emergency situation in Puerto Rico, I will be traveling there to visit with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulรญn Cruz and other officials to determine the best

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Sanders, Stabenow and Casey Introduce Amendment to Prevent Republicans from Cutting Medicaid

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 โ€“ Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will introduce Wednesday the first Democratic amendment to Senate Republicans’ fiscal year 2018 budget resolution. The amendment would prevent Republicans from enacting their plan to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion in order to give a $1.9 trillion tax break to the top 1 percent. The

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Sanders Holds Vermont College Fairs

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 14 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held his second college fair this month with Vermont high school students and their families Saturday at Castleton University to help ensure Vermonters have the information they need to further their education. โ€œMany Vermont high school students are well aware of the various educational opportunities and financial aid resources that

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Sanders Statement on Trump’s Health Care Executive Orders

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 13 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday after President Donald Trump halted cost-sharing reductions that help pay out-of-pocket health care costs of low-income people and ordered potentially sweeping changes in the nationโ€™s insurance system, including sales of cheaper policies with fewer benefits and fewer protections for consumers: “Amazingly, we have a president who is trying to

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Sanders Responds to Trump’s Iran Deal Announcement

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 13 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday after President Donald Trump disavowed the international nuclear deal with Iran and declared his intention not to certify Iranโ€™s compliance with the agreement: “President Trumpโ€™s speech today was the latest in a series of rash and reckless moves that make Americans less safe. By refusing to re-certify the

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Sanders Visits Solar Regional Testing Center

WILLISTON, Vt., Oct. 12 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) applauded the โ€œcutting-edge role Vermont is playing in researching, testing and deploying solar energy,โ€ during a visit to the U.S. Department of Energyโ€™s solar testing site in Williston on Thursday morning. The Vermont Regional Test Center (RTC) is one of five such facilities in the United States that give manufacturers

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