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Jan. 24, 2023 Letter to Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna - Senators Warren, Welch Raise Concerns over Moderna's Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 18, 2023 NEWS: In New Letter, Sanders Calls on CEO Howard Schultz to End Starbucks' "Ruthless Union Busting Campaign" Against Own Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 17, 2023 PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Delivers "State of the Working Class" Speech Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 13, 2023 NEWS: GAO Study Finds 34% of Large, Profitable Corporations Pay Zero in Federal Income Taxes Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 12, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Give Major Speech on the State of the Working Class Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 12, 2023 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Meeks, Castro, Gallego, García, Wild Lead 46 Members Calling on Biden to Revoke Bolsonaro's U.S. Visa, Investigate U.S.-Based Instigators of Brazilian Insurrection Rep. Becca Balint, ...
Jan. 11, 2023 Reproductive Rights and Freedoms Rep. Becca Balint
Jan. 11, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hear From Students, Educators in Colchester and Essex Junction Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 10, 2023 NEWS: In Letter to CEO, Sanders Calls Moderna Plan to Raise Price of COVID-19 Vaccine "Unacceptable Corporate Greed" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 13, 2022 -9999 Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 13, 2022 -9999 Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 6, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Senator Markey Joins Senator Merkley, Colleagues in Pushing to Keep Fossil Fuel Permitting Changes Off of Key End-of-year Legislation Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 5, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Senator Markey Joins Senator Whitehouse, Colleagues to Ask Potus to Require Disclosure of Political Spending by Federal Contractors Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 2, 2022 Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2022 Providing for A Correction in the Enrollment of H.J. Res. 100 Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 29, 2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Durbin Urges USDA To Update Standards For Commercial Dog Breeding Facilities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 21, 2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States, Roman Martinez, Chair of the USPS Board of Governors - Senators Markey and Carper, Colleagues Call for Postal Service to Ramp Up Efforts to Electrify the Mail Delivery Fleet Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 17, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Hirono, Lawmakers Urge FDA to Consider Steps to Protect and Expand Access to Medication Abortion Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 17, 2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Cardin, Colleagues Urge DHS and DOJ to Adopt Stronger Guidance Against Discriminatory Profiling Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 15, 2022 Letter to Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, Robert Santos, Director of the US Census Bureau - Rep. Jones Joins Colleagues in Urging Census Bureau to Include Information on Lgbtq+ People in 2030 Census Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 14, 2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Castro, Booker, Jayapal Lead 83 Members Calling on Biden Administration to Remove Barriers to Affordable Health Care for Daca Recipients Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 10, 2022 NEWS: Nearly 100 Students Participate in Biannual "Vermont Day" Trip to the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 4, 2022 Letter to Seileen Mullen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs - Welch and Soto Lead Letter to the Pentagon Calling for Expanded Access to Community Pharmacies for TRICARE Beneficiaries Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 4, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Markey, Colleagues Urge Biden to Bolster Climate, Finance Commitments at Cop27 Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 2, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Murphy, Merkley, Cicilline, Keating, Colleagues Call on Administration to Center Human Rights Ahead of Cop27 in Egypt Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 1, 2022 Tweet - "Oil Profits So Far This Year Exxon:⬆️203% to $43 billion Chevron:⬆️175% to $29 billion BP:⬆️161% to $22.8 billion Shell:⬆️133% to $30 billion Big Oil is using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to make obscene profits by jacking up gas prices. Yes. We need a windfall profits tax." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Nov. 1, 2022 Tweet - "I stand in solidarity with @CCWUnited workers striking at Maximus call centers today. If Maximus can afford to pay its CEO 208 times his median worker and spend $2 million on "bonuses" to cross the picket line, it can afford to pay workers a fair wage." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 31, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - More Than 30 House Democrats Urge Leadership to Undo Threat Posed by Debt Ceiling Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden is right. At a time when Exxon, Shell and Chevron increased their profits by 168% to $81 billion in the last 2 quarter by charging outrageously high prices at the pump, we need a windfall profits tax. The revenue should go directly back to the American people." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 31, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Congresswoman Dean and Senator Warren, with Colleagues, Warn Fed Chair that Rapid Interest Rate Hikes Could Harm Job Market and Trigger a Recession Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 30, 2022 Tweet - "Today, the people of Brazil have voted for democracy, workers' rights and environmental sanity. I congratulate Lula on his hard fought victory and look forward to a strong and prosperous relationship between the United States and Brazil." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Many international studies point to Finland as the happiest country on Earth. Here's what Finland's Ambassador had to say when I asked him why that might be:" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "I wish Paul Pelosi a quick recovery from this heinous attack. Violence must have no place in American politics. I hope we can all come together to condemn the increasingly violent rhetoric we hear every day." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 27, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Shell making a record $21 billion in profits over the last 2 quarters and spending $26 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year to enrich its wealthy stockholders while working class Americans struggle to pay $4, $5, $6 for a gallon of gas." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 27, 2022 Tweet - "The 158-member House Republican Study Committee released a budget this year to: -Cut Social Security by $729 billion -Cut Medicare by $2.8 trillion -Give a tax break of up to $1.75 trillion to billionaires This is not how you improve the economy. This is how you make it worse." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Jamie Dimon became a billionaire after his bank was fined billions for mortgage fraud, illegally foreclosing on military families & bribing foreign officials. Now, he's in Saudi Arabia to do business with a country partnering with Russia to damage our economy. Pathetic." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 26, 2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Van Hollen, Markey, Colleagues Urge Tps Extension and Redesignation for Haiti as Gang Violence, Civil Unrest Force Thousands to Leave Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 25, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Duckworth, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Call to Epa to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule to Replace Harmful Lead Pipes Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 25, 2022 Tweet - "While the price of a bag of Snickers has more than doubled, Republicans want to give the Mars family, who became 44% richer during the pandemic and are now worth $106 billion, a tax break of up to $42 billion by repealing the estate tax. Yes. Trickle down economics is very scary." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 24, 2022 Tweet - "Millions of Americans are right now struggling with the outrageous cost of child care and education in this country. But it doesn't have to be that way. Listen to what Finland's Ambassador had to say about what it looks like when a nation gets its priorities right." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 23, 2022 Tweet - "This week, I had the chance to speak with the Finnish Ambassador and I asked him what can the U.S. learn from Finland? You can watch our full conversation here:" Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 21, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Holds Town Meetings in Vermont with Finnish Ambassador Mikko Hautala Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 21, 2022 Tweet - "While the cost of Halloween candy has surged more than 13.1% since last September, the Mars candy bar family became 44% richer during the pandemic increasing their wealth by $32.6 billion. The Mars family is now worth $106.8 billion. Do you know what's scary? Corporate greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 21, 2022 Tweet - "After receiving billions in federal contracts, Pfizer wants to charge up to $130 for a COVID vaccine shot that costs as little as $1.18 to manufacture -- 10,000% above cost. Enough is enough. The COVID vaccine should cost $0. Pfizer's greed is killing people throughout the world." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 19, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders Welcomes Finnish Ambassador to Vermont for Town Meetings and Exchange of Ideas Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 19, 2022 Tweet - "Inflation Rate 🇪🇺: 10.9% 🇩🇪: 10.9% 🇬🇧: 10.1% 🇮🇹: 9.4% 🇪🇸: 9% 🇮🇪: 8.6% 🇺🇸: 8.2% No. Inflation is not going up in the U.S. because the working class got a $1,400 check 19 months ago. Multinational corporations are jacking up prices worldwide." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 19, 2022 Tweet - "It's outrageous that multinational corporations are demanding billions in new corporate tax breaks, including $2 billion for Raytheon. Instead, at a time when child poverty is spiking, we need to focus on supporting low-income families by extending the expanded child tax credit." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "The inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 in 1923. And yet, the price of insulin in America has gone up by over 1,000% since 1999 causing 1.3 million diabetics in our country to ration insulin last year. It should not cost 10x more for insulin than it does in Canada." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Date Title Politician
Jan. 24, 2023 Letter to Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna - Senators Warren, Welch Raise Concerns over Moderna's Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 18, 2023 NEWS: In New Letter, Sanders Calls on CEO Howard Schultz to End Starbucks' "Ruthless Union Busting Campaign" Against Own Workers Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 17, 2023 PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Delivers "State of the Working Class" Speech Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 13, 2023 NEWS: GAO Study Finds 34% of Large, Profitable Corporations Pay Zero in Federal Income Taxes Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 12, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Give Major Speech on the State of the Working Class Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 12, 2023 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Meeks, Castro, Gallego, García, Wild Lead 46 Members Calling on Biden to Revoke Bolsonaro's U.S. Visa, Investigate U.S.-Based Instigators of Brazilian Insurrection Rep.Becca Balint, ...
Jan. 11, 2023 Reproductive Rights and Freedoms Rep.Becca Balint
Jan. 11, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hear From Students, Educators in Colchester and Essex Junction Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 10, 2023 NEWS: In Letter to CEO, Sanders Calls Moderna Plan to Raise Price of COVID-19 Vaccine "Unacceptable Corporate Greed" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 13, 2022 -9999 Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 13, 2022 -9999 Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 6, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Senator Markey Joins Senator Merkley, Colleagues in Pushing to Keep Fossil Fuel Permitting Changes Off of Key End-of-year Legislation Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 5, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Senator Markey Joins Senator Whitehouse, Colleagues to Ask Potus to Require Disclosure of Political Spending by Federal Contractors Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 2, 2022 Letter to US Bank Regulators - Senator Markey Joins Representative Omar and Senator Warren in Leading Letter to Call on Regulators to Improve Banking Access for Communities of Color Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 1, 2022 Providing for A Correction in the Enrollment of H.J. Res. 100 Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 29, 2022 Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Durbin Urges USDA To Update Standards For Commercial Dog Breeding Facilities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 21, 2022 Letter to Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General of the United States, Roman Martinez, Chair of the USPS Board of Governors - Senators Markey and Carper, Colleagues Call for Postal Service to Ramp Up Efforts to Electrify the Mail Delivery Fleet Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 17, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Hirono, Lawmakers Urge FDA to Consider Steps to Protect and Expand Access to Medication Abortion Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 17, 2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Cardin, Colleagues Urge DHS and DOJ to Adopt Stronger Guidance Against Discriminatory Profiling Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 15, 2022 Letter to Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, Robert Santos, Director of the US Census Bureau - Rep. Jones Joins Colleagues in Urging Census Bureau to Include Information on Lgbtq+ People in 2030 Census Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 14, 2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Castro, Booker, Jayapal Lead 83 Members Calling on Biden Administration to Remove Barriers to Affordable Health Care for Daca Recipients Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 10, 2022 NEWS: Nearly 100 Students Participate in Biannual "Vermont Day" Trip to the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 4, 2022 Letter to Seileen Mullen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs - Welch and Soto Lead Letter to the Pentagon Calling for Expanded Access to Community Pharmacies for TRICARE Beneficiaries Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 4, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Markey, Colleagues Urge Biden to Bolster Climate, Finance Commitments at Cop27 Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Nov. 2, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Van Hollen, Murphy, Merkley, Cicilline, Keating, Colleagues Call on Administration to Center Human Rights Ahead of Cop27 in Egypt Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 1, 2022 Tweet - "Oil Profits So Far This Year Exxon:⬆️203% to $43 billion Chevron:⬆️175% to $29 billion BP:⬆️161% to $22.8 billion Shell:⬆️133% to $30 billion Big Oil is using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to make obscene profits by jacking up gas prices. Yes. We need a windfall profits tax." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Nov. 1, 2022 Tweet - "I stand in solidarity with @CCWUnited workers striking at Maximus call centers today. If Maximus can afford to pay its CEO 208 times his median worker and spend $2 million on "bonuses" to cross the picket line, it can afford to pay workers a fair wage." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 31, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - More Than 30 House Democrats Urge Leadership to Undo Threat Posed by Debt Ceiling Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 31, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden is right. At a time when Exxon, Shell and Chevron increased their profits by 168% to $81 billion in the last 2 quarter by charging outrageously high prices at the pump, we need a windfall profits tax. The revenue should go directly back to the American people." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 31, 2022 Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Congresswoman Dean and Senator Warren, with Colleagues, Warn Fed Chair that Rapid Interest Rate Hikes Could Harm Job Market and Trigger a Recession Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 30, 2022 Tweet - "Today, the people of Brazil have voted for democracy, workers' rights and environmental sanity. I congratulate Lula on his hard fought victory and look forward to a strong and prosperous relationship between the United States and Brazil." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Many international studies point to Finland as the happiest country on Earth. Here's what Finland's Ambassador had to say when I asked him why that might be:" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 28, 2022 Tweet - "I wish Paul Pelosi a quick recovery from this heinous attack. Violence must have no place in American politics. I hope we can all come together to condemn the increasingly violent rhetoric we hear every day." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 27, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is Shell making a record $21 billion in profits over the last 2 quarters and spending $26 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year to enrich its wealthy stockholders while working class Americans struggle to pay $4, $5, $6 for a gallon of gas." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 27, 2022 Tweet - "The 158-member House Republican Study Committee released a budget this year to: -Cut Social Security by $729 billion -Cut Medicare by $2.8 trillion -Give a tax break of up to $1.75 trillion to billionaires This is not how you improve the economy. This is how you make it worse." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Jamie Dimon became a billionaire after his bank was fined billions for mortgage fraud, illegally foreclosing on military families & bribing foreign officials. Now, he's in Saudi Arabia to do business with a country partnering with Russia to damage our economy. Pathetic." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 26, 2022 Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Van Hollen, Markey, Colleagues Urge Tps Extension and Redesignation for Haiti as Gang Violence, Civil Unrest Force Thousands to Leave Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 25, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Duckworth, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Call to Epa to Strengthen the Lead and Copper Rule to Replace Harmful Lead Pipes Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 25, 2022 Tweet - "While the price of a bag of Snickers has more than doubled, Republicans want to give the Mars family, who became 44% richer during the pandemic and are now worth $106 billion, a tax break of up to $42 billion by repealing the estate tax. Yes. Trickle down economics is very scary." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 24, 2022 Tweet - "Millions of Americans are right now struggling with the outrageous cost of child care and education in this country. But it doesn't have to be that way. Listen to what Finland's Ambassador had to say about what it looks like when a nation gets its priorities right." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 23, 2022 Tweet - "This week, I had the chance to speak with the Finnish Ambassador and I asked him what can the U.S. learn from Finland? You can watch our full conversation here:" Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 21, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Holds Town Meetings in Vermont with Finnish Ambassador Mikko Hautala Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 21, 2022 Tweet - "While the cost of Halloween candy has surged more than 13.1% since last September, the Mars candy bar family became 44% richer during the pandemic increasing their wealth by $32.6 billion. The Mars family is now worth $106.8 billion. Do you know what's scary? Corporate greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 21, 2022 Tweet - "After receiving billions in federal contracts, Pfizer wants to charge up to $130 for a COVID vaccine shot that costs as little as $1.18 to manufacture -- 10,000% above cost. Enough is enough. The COVID vaccine should cost $0. Pfizer's greed is killing people throughout the world." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 20, 2022 Tweet - "Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 19, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders Welcomes Finnish Ambassador to Vermont for Town Meetings and Exchange of Ideas Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 19, 2022 Tweet - "Inflation Rate 🇪🇺: 10.9% 🇩🇪: 10.9% 🇬🇧: 10.1% 🇮🇹: 9.4% 🇪🇸: 9% 🇮🇪: 8.6% 🇺🇸: 8.2% No. Inflation is not going up in the U.S. because the working class got a $1,400 check 19 months ago. Multinational corporations are jacking up prices worldwide." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 19, 2022 Tweet - "It's outrageous that multinational corporations are demanding billions in new corporate tax breaks, including $2 billion for Raytheon. Instead, at a time when child poverty is spiking, we need to focus on supporting low-income families by extending the expanded child tax credit." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "The inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 in 1923. And yet, the price of insulin in America has gone up by over 1,000% since 1999 causing 1.3 million diabetics in our country to ration insulin last year. It should not cost 10x more for insulin than it does in Canada." Sen.Bernie Sanders
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