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This was the first subpoena issued by the HELP Committee since 1981. Despite the subpoena, Dr. de la Torre failed to appear today for the hearing. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today led the committee in a hearing titled “Examining the Bankruptcy of Steward Health

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today announced the witnesses who will provide testimony on the second panel for HELP’s hearing on the impacts of Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy. The hearing, titled “Examining the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care: How Management Decisions Have Impacted Patient Care,” will take

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today announced the committee will move forward with its hearing on Steward Health Care’s disastrous bankruptcy, despite CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre’s refusal this week to comply with a bipartisan subpoena compelling his testimony. The committee will hear from

The HELP Committee subpoenaed de la Torre in July WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today issued the following statement after the CEO of Steward Health Care, Dr. Ralph de la Torre, refused to appear before the Committee despite a bipartisan subpoena compelling his testimony: I

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 29 – With the United States on track to spend more than $1 trillion on the military this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement about the rampant price gouging of major defense contractors and the transfer of taxpayer dollars to wealthy shareholders: Since Putin began this brutal war, Congress has appropriated $174.2 billion