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July 21, 2022 Letter to Michael Conner, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works - Merkley Leads Colleagues in Urging End of Fast-tracking Oil and Gas Infrastructure Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "A worker today earning the federal minimum wage makes $1,257 a month. The median rent for an apartment today is $1,362 a month. Addressing the needs of the American people is not radical. What's radical is doing nothing while families struggle." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Urging Climate Emergency Declaration Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency - Collins, King, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration Help Lower Energy Costs by Increasing Biodiesel Volumes Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Hon. Michael Regan, Administrator of the EPA - Klobuchar, Grassley, Murray, Thune Lead Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Increase Biodiesel Volumes, Provide Certainty to Producers Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Tweet - "Record heatwaves worldwide. Hospitalizations, injuries, and deaths. Crops destroyed. Fires raging. Some say bold climate action is "expensive." Compared to what?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022 Letter to the Honorable Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - "Reps. Grijalva, Wild and 21 Members Urge State Department to Call for Independent Investigation into Murders of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira" Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 -9999 Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is intentionally sabotaging the President's agenda, what the American people want, and what the majority of us in the Democratic caucus want. He is not interested in representing the needs of the working class of this country." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 LARSON, SANDERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY AFTER GAO REPORT SERIES SHOWS HARMFUL DELAYS IN DISABILITY APPEALS Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Congressmen Krishnamoorthi And Blumenauer Call On Biden Administration To Scale-Up Response To Global Food Insecurity Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, and Right Hon. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Baldwin, Pocan, Ali Lead 52 Members of Congress and British Parliamentarians in Calling on U.S. and U.K. to Curb Human Rights Abuses in Egypt Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "Yesterday, I met with a few brave human rights activists from the Middle East. Here's what they had to say." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 14, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Leahy, and Warren Introduce War Powers Resolution to End U.S. Involvement in Saudi War in Yemen Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2022 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Warner, Kaine Join Colleagues in Pressing VA Secretary to End Discrimination Against Same-Sex Spouses Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2022 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez, Colleagues Urge Irs to Extend Filing Deadline for Itin Filers Affected by Processing Delays Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2022 Tweet - "Let me congratulate the Starbucks workers in South Burlington for successfully voting to form the first unionized Starbucks in Vermont. In just 8 months, workers in over 160 Starbucks shops have voted to form a union for better wages, benefits & working conditions. Keep it up!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 14, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Huffman, Booker, Lowenthal Lead 35 Colleagues in Letter Raising Concerns Over Climate & Environmental Justice Risks of Chemical Recycling of Plastics Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chuck Shumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - Titus Pushes for Emergency Title X Family Planning Program Funding Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Reps. Barragán and DeLauro Lead Colleagues in Call to FDA to Appoint and Empower a Deputy Commissioner for Foods Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 13, 2022 Usica Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "I'll be LIVE on the floor of the Senate at 1:30pm ET to discuss why, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality, now is not the time for Congress to hand a $53 billion blank check to the microchip industry." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 12, 2022 Tweet - "On #PrimeDay, let's not forget. Amazon blamed "inflation" on a 17% price hike in a Prime membership after its profits soared 450% since the pandemic to a record $38 billion while avoiding $5 billion in taxes, spending $4 million on union busting & denying workers paid sick leave." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 11, 2022 Tweet - "Today, in America, just three Wall Street firms -- BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street - manage $22 trillion in assets. These three firms are major shareholders in more than 96 percent of S&P 500 companies. Obscene." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 11, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pushing the Department of Justice to Strengthen Environmental Justice Program Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 10, 2022 Tweet - "Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Chunky Monkey. Super Fudge Chunk. Ben & Jerry not only revolutionized the world of ice cream, but they also showed the world what a progressive and community-minded business could look like." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 8, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Calling for Extension and Re-Designation of Venezuela for TPS Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
July 8, 2022 Tweet - "Average hourly wages for American workers have remained nearly flat since 1960, while home prices have almost TRIPLED over the same time period. It's no wonder that nearly half of all Americans today spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Obscene." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 4, 2022 Tweet - "Happy 4th of July! Let us recommit today to building a future that works for all of us, not just the few." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 3, 2022 Tweet - "I am proud of the major increase in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers in Vermont and the number of Vermonters who use them. While the struggle continues to guarantee health care to all, we have made significant progress in improving access to primary health care." Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 2, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden is right: The big oil companies must stop profiteering and bring down gas prices. But we need more than a tweet. It's time for the President to demand that Congress pass a windfall profits tax on Big Oil and use the revenue to provide rebates to consumers NOW!" Sen. Bernie Sanders
July 1, 2022 Tweet - "Average Price of a Gallon of Gas: U.S.: $4.84 France: $8.11 Germany: $7.46 South Korea: $6.33 South Africa: $5.61 India: $4.99 The skyrocketing price of gas is not just an American problem. The greed of Big Oil CEOs is an international problem. We need a windfall profits tax." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 30, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden is absolutely right. Senate Democrats must end the filibuster and codify the right to an abortion NOW. If you allow the broken rules of the Senate to stand in the way of guaranteeing basic rights for our people, you don't really stand for those rights." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 29, 2022 Tweet - "The American people are sick of airlines ripping them off, canceling flights at the last minute and delaying flights for hours on end. It's time for @SecretaryPete to fine airlines $55,000 per passenger for every flight cancellation they know can't be fully staffed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 29, 2022 Letter to Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation - NEWS: Sanders Urges Secretary Buttigieg to Protect the Rights of Airline Passengers and Workers Amidst Skyrocketing Delays Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 25, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Democrats Push Biden for "Bold Action" to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
June 25, 2022 Tweet - "Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2022: $35 billion Average Price of Gas today: $4.91 Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2019: $13.8 billion Average Gas Price: $2.69 Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2015: $13.1 billion Average Gas Price: $2.41 Yes. We need a windfall profits tax." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Calls for End of Filibuster to Codify Right to Abortion Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022 Tweet - "Overturning Roe v. Wade and denying women the right to control their own bodies is an outrage and in defiance of what the American people want. Democrats must now end the filibuster in the Senate, codify Roe v. Wade, and once again make abortion legal and safe." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022 Rep. Welch's Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade Sen. Peter Welch
Date Title Politician
July 21, 2022 Letter to Michael Conner, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works - Merkley Leads Colleagues in Urging End of Fast-tracking Oil and Gas Infrastructure Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 21, 2022 Tweet - "The function of a rational health care system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer. At a time of growing concentration of ownership, the Justice Department must deny Amazon's acquisition of One Medical." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Tweet - "A worker today earning the federal minimum wage makes $1,257 a month. The median rent for an apartment today is $1,362 a month. Addressing the needs of the American people is not radical. What's radical is doing nothing while families struggle." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 20, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Urging Climate Emergency Declaration Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Reps. Barragán, Chu, Kelly, and Schakowsky Lead Letter to Leadership Advocating for Provisions To Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 Manchin, Bipartisan Senators Urge Small Business Administration to Process Remaining COVID Loan Applications Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency - Collins, King, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration Help Lower Energy Costs by Increasing Biodiesel Volumes Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Letter to Hon. Michael Regan, Administrator of the EPA - Klobuchar, Grassley, Murray, Thune Lead Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Urging Biden Administration to Increase Biodiesel Volumes, Provide Certainty to Producers Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 19, 2022 Tweet - "Record heatwaves worldwide. Hospitalizations, injuries, and deaths. Crops destroyed. Fires raging. Some say bold climate action is "expensive." Compared to what?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 19, 2022 Letter to the Honorable Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of U.S. Department of State - "Reps. Grijalva, Wild and 21 Members Urge State Department to Call for Independent Investigation into Murders of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira" Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 19, 2022 -9999 Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is intentionally sabotaging the President's agenda, what the American people want, and what the majority of us in the Democratic caucus want. He is not interested in representing the needs of the working class of this country." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 18, 2022 LARSON, SANDERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY AFTER GAO REPORT SERIES SHOWS HARMFUL DELAYS IN DISABILITY APPEALS Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 18, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, Samantha Power, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development - Congressmen Krishnamoorthi And Blumenauer Call On Biden Administration To Scale-Up Response To Global Food Insecurity Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, and Right Hon. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Baldwin, Pocan, Ali Lead 52 Members of Congress and British Parliamentarians in Calling on U.S. and U.K. to Curb Human Rights Abuses in Egypt Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 Letter to Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the US Small Business Administration - Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Urging SBA to Process All Eligible COVID EIDL Applications Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 15, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Opposes All Blank Checks to Chip Companies Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 15, 2022 Tweet - "Yesterday, I met with a few brave human rights activists from the Middle East. Here's what they had to say." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 14, 2022 NEWS: Sanders, Leahy, and Warren Introduce War Powers Resolution to End U.S. Involvement in Saudi War in Yemen Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2022 Letter to Hon. Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Warner, Kaine Join Colleagues in Pressing VA Secretary to End Discrimination Against Same-Sex Spouses Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2022 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez, Colleagues Urge Irs to Extend Filing Deadline for Itin Filers Affected by Processing Delays Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 14, 2022 Tweet - "Let me congratulate the Starbucks workers in South Burlington for successfully voting to form the first unionized Starbucks in Vermont. In just 8 months, workers in over 160 Starbucks shops have voted to form a union for better wages, benefits & working conditions. Keep it up!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 14, 2022 Letter to Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Huffman, Booker, Lowenthal Lead 35 Colleagues in Letter Raising Concerns Over Climate & Environmental Justice Risks of Chemical Recycling of Plastics Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Chuck Shumer, Majority Leader of the United States Senate - Titus Pushes for Emergency Title X Family Planning Program Funding Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - Reps. Barragán and DeLauro Lead Colleagues in Call to FDA to Appoint and Empower a Deputy Commissioner for Foods Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 13, 2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health & Human Services - Urging Biden Administration to Declare a National Public Health Emergency on Reproductive Rights Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 13, 2022 Usica Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 13, 2022 Tweet - "I'll be LIVE on the floor of the Senate at 1:30pm ET to discuss why, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality, now is not the time for Congress to hand a $53 billion blank check to the microchip industry." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 12, 2022 Tweet - "On #PrimeDay, let's not forget. Amazon blamed "inflation" on a 17% price hike in a Prime membership after its profits soared 450% since the pandemic to a record $38 billion while avoiding $5 billion in taxes, spending $4 million on union busting & denying workers paid sick leave." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 11, 2022 Tweet - "Today, in America, just three Wall Street firms -- BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street - manage $22 trillion in assets. These three firms are major shareholders in more than 96 percent of S&P 500 companies. Obscene." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 11, 2022 Letter to Merrick Garland, United States Attorney General - Pushing the Department of Justice to Strengthen Environmental Justice Program Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 11, 2022 Letters to CEOs of Financial Institutions - An Hollen, Colleagues Press Big Banks on Widespread Zelle Fraud Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 10, 2022 Tweet - "Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Chunky Monkey. Super Fudge Chunk. Ben & Jerry not only revolutionized the world of ice cream, but they also showed the world what a progressive and community-minded business could look like." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 8, 2022 Letter to Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Calling for Extension and Re-Designation of Venezuela for TPS Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
July 8, 2022 Tweet - "Average hourly wages for American workers have remained nearly flat since 1960, while home prices have almost TRIPLED over the same time period. It's no wonder that nearly half of all Americans today spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Obscene." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 6, 2022 Letter to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission - Protect Data Privacy of People Seeking Reproductive Health Care Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 4, 2022 Tweet - "Happy 4th of July! Let us recommit today to building a future that works for all of us, not just the few." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 3, 2022 Tweet - "I am proud of the major increase in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers in Vermont and the number of Vermonters who use them. While the struggle continues to guarantee health care to all, we have made significant progress in improving access to primary health care." Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 2, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden is right: The big oil companies must stop profiteering and bring down gas prices. But we need more than a tweet. It's time for the President to demand that Congress pass a windfall profits tax on Big Oil and use the revenue to provide rebates to consumers NOW!" Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 1, 2022 Tweet - "Average Price of a Gallon of Gas: U.S.: $4.84 France: $8.11 Germany: $7.46 South Korea: $6.33 South Africa: $5.61 India: $4.99 The skyrocketing price of gas is not just an American problem. The greed of Big Oil CEOs is an international problem. We need a windfall profits tax." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 30, 2022 Tweet - "President Biden is absolutely right. Senate Democrats must end the filibuster and codify the right to an abortion NOW. If you allow the broken rules of the Senate to stand in the way of guaranteeing basic rights for our people, you don't really stand for those rights." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 29, 2022 Tweet - "The American people are sick of airlines ripping them off, canceling flights at the last minute and delaying flights for hours on end. It's time for @SecretaryPete to fine airlines $55,000 per passenger for every flight cancellation they know can't be fully staffed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 29, 2022 Letter to Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation - NEWS: Sanders Urges Secretary Buttigieg to Protect the Rights of Airline Passengers and Workers Amidst Skyrocketing Delays Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 25, 2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Murray, Democrats Push Biden for "Bold Action" to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 25, 2022 Tweet - "Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2022: $35 billion Average Price of Gas today: $4.91 Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2019: $13.8 billion Average Gas Price: $2.69 Big Oil's 1st Quarter Profit in 2015: $13.1 billion Average Gas Price: $2.41 Yes. We need a windfall profits tax." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022 NEWS: Sanders Calls for End of Filibuster to Codify Right to Abortion Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022 Tweet - "Overturning Roe v. Wade and denying women the right to control their own bodies is an outrage and in defiance of what the American people want. Democrats must now end the filibuster in the Senate, codify Roe v. Wade, and once again make abortion legal and safe." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 24, 2022 Rep. Welch's Statement on the Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade Sen.Peter Welch
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