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I call up my amendment No. 5210. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for himself and Mr. Merkley, proposes an amendment numbered 5210 to…
section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…
section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…
section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…
section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…
section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…
I ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a cap on costs for covered prescription drugs…
I ask unanimous consent that, for the duration of the Senate's consideration of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the majority and Republican managers of the bill, while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted…
I want to take a moment to say a few words about the so-called Inflation Reduction Act that we are debating this evening. I say ``so-called,'' by the way, because, according to the CBO and other economic organizations that have studied…
pathetically, the United States has the highest child poverty rate of almost any major country on Earth, and it is especially high among young people of color. This is the wealthiest Nation on Earth; we should not have the highest rate of…
here is what the Center for Biological Diversity had to say on this bill: This is a climate suicide pact. It's self-defeating to handcuff renewable energy development to massive new oil and gas extraction. The new leasing required in this…
a remarkable American marked his 100th birthday last month. Marcelle and I were delighted to be able to wish Norman Lear our best on this milestone. His achievements throughout his impactful life have broken important new ground at just…
I have spoken twice this year about the despair and insecurity that are a daily reality for the people of South Sudan, despite independence 11 years ago that held so much promise and hope for that country. On January 6 and 31, I noted that…
I call up amendment No. 5208, as modified, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for himself and Mr. Merkley, proposes an amendment numbered 5208, as…
I call up amendment No. 5209, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for himself and Mr. Merkley, proposes an…
the driving force behind the fight against climate change has been young people here in the United States and abroad. They have marched. They have demonstrated. They demanded institutional disinvestment in fossil fuel companies. In short…
in the richest country on Earth, millions of seniors should not have teeth rotting in their mouths or be unable to afford hearing aids or eyeglasses. In America today, the reality is that a quarter of Americans 65 and older are missing all…
the American people are sick and tired of being ripped off by the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, which makes tens of billions of dollars per year in profit, charging us by far the highest prices in the world for our medicine. This…