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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

This legislation will fully fund Social Security for the next 75 years and expand benefits for senior citizens and people with disabilities.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 8, 2022

it is hard really to know where to start. I am here on the Senate floor to talk about guns. In a world in chaos, we cannot forget about the chaos right here at home. Gun violence is killing our children: 19 students and two of their…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

We spend twice as much per capita as any other country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

You cannot overstate how bad that effect would be on the American people.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

As every Trustees Report makes clear, whether to expand benefits or cut them is a matter of values, not affordability.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

If you ask the American people, 'Should we cut Social Security benefits, raise the retirement age?' there is a very loud, 'No.'

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

Social Security today is not on the line to go broke.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

Under this legislation, 93.6 percent of households would not see their taxes go up by one penny.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

Our job is to expand Social Security so that everyone in America can retire with the dignity that he or she deserves.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

Poll after poll finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans, Republicans as well as Democrats and independents, believe that Social Security is more important than ever.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

there is, in fact, a strong philosophical difference between many of us in the Democratic caucus and many in the Republican caucus, as to the best way forward with regard to Social Security.

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Jun 8, 2022

In late April and early May when parents and Republicans in Congress began to sound the alarm about the unacceptable scarcity of baby formula, I thought to myself, Well, this is just another example of the compounding effect of the bad…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 8, 2022

SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY: EXPANDING BENEFITS AND DEMANDING THE WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OR CUTTING BENEFITS AND INCREASING RETIREMENT ANXIETY

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 8, 2022

It is said that a civilized society that can no longer feel outrage can no longer be civilized. Ten people slaughtered in their grocery store. Nineteen children and two teachers massacred in their school, only to have parents who had…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Jun 7, 2022

The average price of gasoline has more than doubled since President Biden was sworn into office. That is not a coincidence. After all, before he took office, he told us he would ``end fossil fuel.'' Now, Americans are finding out the hard…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Jun 7, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman from Virginia for yielding me time to speak on this very important and lifesaving program as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the creation of the 340B program. I applaud the gentlewoman from Virginia for her…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 7, 2022

You`re not voting about the individual right to bear arms, there`s plenty of arms that people can bear.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 7, 2022

There is no other country on earth that allows this and there is no other country on earth which loses as many children’s lives because its citizens and its politicians are unwilling to do anything about it.

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