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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 26, 2022

the opioid crisis continues to inflict devastating consequences on the health and well-being of people in this country.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 26, 2022

Those who don't understand the mistakes of history, it is almost a cliche, but they are condemned to repeat them.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 26, 2022

the American people are increasingly outraged by the level of corporate greed that we are seeing in this country. As you know, while prices are rapidly increasing, corporate profits are soaring: in the oil industry in what we pay at the…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 26, 2022

I can't think of anything I have seen more shocking than the scenes of what the Russian soldiers are doing, machine gunning families as they are trying to run away from something, the children, innocent civilians have been murdered.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 26, 2022

Nobody condones the crackdown on the people who are peacefully protesting in there, but I also don't--I don't condone the total rollback of the policy that we had under the Obama administration.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 26, 2022

President Biden, more than any other President I can recall, has talked over and over again about being pro- union. I appreciate very much what the President has said, and I know him to be absolutely sincere when he says it. But just this…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 7, 2022

today is a historic day. Today, each Member of the Senate will have the opportunity to cast a vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. I say ``historic'' because throughout…

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

Montgomery County, Philadelphia, and all of Pennsylvania mourn the tragic loss of two State troopers: Branden Sisca and Martin Mack, III; and a pedestrian, Mr. Reyes Rivera Oliveras, of Allentown. All three were killed by an alleged drunk…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 7, 2022

S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, included authority in section 4004 to allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to adjust budget aggregates and committee allocations related to program…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Apr 7, 2022

among the many barbaric atrocities committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine where civilian infrastructure including hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings have been repeatedly bombed and shelled and countless civilians have been…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Apr 6, 2022

While preparing remarks, I considered showing much more graphic photos of Ukrainian children brutalized at the hands of Vladimir Putin. But then I thought of some of the people who might see this--refugees of war, war veterans who would be…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 6, 2022

I look forward to offering two rollcall votes on motions to instruct conferees to the so-called ``competitiveness'' bill based on the assurances given to me by the majority leader. I am not quite sure when we are going to get to that, but…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Apr 6, 2022

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for hosting this Special Order tonight. Mr. Speaker, President Biden's budget is symbolic of his wasteful build back broke agenda that was filled with partisan provisions. There is $73 trillion in new…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Apr 6, 2022

The President of the United States of America, the most prosperous country in the world, has warned the American people that a food shortage is a real possibility in our near future. Much like our national energy shortage, this potential…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 6, 2022

This legislation was introduced by Congressman Peter Welch in the House, and Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto in the Senate.

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Apr 5, 2022

Since before taking office, President Biden and his far-left base have openly expressed their interest in expanding the Supreme Court to create a super-legislature filled with unelected, liberal Justices determined to do the job of…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 4, 2022

CEOs in large corporations now make 350 times more than their average workers.

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