NEWS: Sanders Statement on Markup of NIH Director Nominee

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement ahead of tomorrowโ€™s committee markup of Dr. Monica Bertagnolliโ€™s nomination to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): Our health care system is broken and dysfunctional. We spend almost twice as much per

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MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Markup on Nominations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 โ€“ The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on Wednesday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m. ET, will hold a markup on the following nominations: Nomination of Monica Bertagnolli to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Nomination of Charlotte Burrows to be Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionย  ย  Nomination of Erika

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NEWS: Sanders Sends Letter to HHS Inspector General Urging Investigation of Exclusive Patent License for NIH-funded Cancer Therapy

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging a thorough investigation into the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after the NIH proposed, in the Federal Register, granting an exclusive

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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement in Hearing to Consider NIH Nominee

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a hearing to consider the nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sandersโ€™ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: The Senate

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NEWS: Sanders, Brown, and 32 Colleagues Introduce Senate Resolution in Solidarity with UAW Workers on Strike

The resolution calls on the Big Three Automakers to negotiate in good faith and offer their workers a fair contract WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with 32 of their colleagues in the Senate, introduced a resolution today in solidarity with

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NEWS: Sanders Statement on Horrific Violence in Israel and Gaza

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the horrific violence in Israel and Gaza: The slaughter of over a thousand Israelis by Hamas in a terrorist attack is an unspeakable crime. The bombing of a Palestinian hospital is an unspeakable crime, as is the displacement of a million people without water, food, and

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