PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Questions Why U.S. Must “Join the Club” and Give Blank Checks to Microchip Companies While Ignoring Other Major Issues 

WASHINGTON, July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Monday, seizing on comments made by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) arguing that the U.S. must join the club and hand over billions of dollars to the microchip industry, said: “As someone who has stood on this floor many times urging this country to look to other countries in terms of what they

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PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Files Amendment on Microchip Legislation to Restrict Blank Check Corporate Welfare 

WASHINGTON, July 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate to object to the blank check in billions of taxpayer dollars currently slated for a handful of wealthy companies and file an amendment to impose conditions on these corporate giveaways. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched

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NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals

SSA agreed with GAO recommendations for improving process following report commissioned by Sen. Sanders and Rep. Larson WASHINGTON, July 18 – A study released today by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows significant inconsistencies in the expedited appeals process for Social Security disability benefits, raising concerns that individuals facing homelessness or other emergencies may have faced dangerously long delays in their appeals

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NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday issued the following statement as Congress tries to hand a $53 billion blank check to profitable  microchip and semiconductor companies: “There is no debate that the microchip and semiconductor shortage is a dire threat to our nation. It is costing American workers good paying jobs and raising prices for families.

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NEWS: Sanders, Leahy, and Warren Introduce War Powers Resolution to End U.S. Involvement in Saudi War in Yemen

Sanders Can Call for Vote on Privileged Resolution Before End of July Work Period WASHINGTON, July 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), on Thursday introduced a joint resolution in the Senate to direct the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized involvement in the war between the Saudi-led coalition and

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