NEWS: Sanders Statement on Vote to Avert Shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday issued the following statement after the Senate passed a bill 88-9 to avert a government shutdown: โ€œIโ€™m delighted that Congress was able to avoid a painful and unnecessary shutdown. I am also pleased that programs working families desperately need were not cut and that, in fact, there was a good

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NEWS: Chairman Sanders Statement on HELP Committee Bipartisan Passage of Historic Primary Care and Workforce Legislation

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday issued the following statement after the committee passed the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act: โ€œEveryone in America understands that our health care system is broken and getting worse. Despite spending twice as much per capita as any

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NEWS: Sanders, Kaine, Ocasio-Cortez, Castro, Casar, Velรกzquez Introduce Resolution Commemorating Coup in Chile

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 โ€“ Following the 50th anniversary of the bloody U.S.-backed coup dโ€™รฉtat against democratically-elected Chilean President Salvador Allende, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), and Rep. Nydia Velรกzquez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced a Congressional resolution commemorating the coup, apologizing for the role the United

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MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Markup on Major Legislation to Address the Primary Care Crisis in America

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 โ€“ The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday, September 21, at 11:00 a.m. ET, will mark up critical legislation to address the primary care crisis in America, including the major shortage of nurses, doctors, dentists, mental health professionals, and other important health care workers across the country. The four bills that the

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NEWS: Sanders and Marshall Announce Bipartisan Legislation on Primary Care

Landmark Bill to be Marked Up Next Week WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, announced Thursday that they have reached a deal on landmark legislation to address the primary care

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NEWS: Murray, Sanders, Clark, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Extend Vital Child Care Funding and Save Millions of Familiesโ€™ Child Care Spots as Funding Cliff Looms

If pandemic-era child care stabilization funds are allowed to expire on September 30, approximately 3.2 million children could lose their child care spots, 232,000 child care workersโ€™ jobs could be jeopardized, millions of parents could lose an estimated $9 billion each year in earnings, and states could lose approximately $10.6 billion in economic activity per year. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 โ€“

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