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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 24, 2021

lost in the continuously emerging world of social media is the iconic bedrock of community news: radio. I would like to take a moment to celebrate a milestone in Vermont radio: 90 years on the air for WDEV. At 5:50 in the morning of…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 24, 2021

there are some people who leave an indelible mark on your life, from the moment you meet them. On June 7, the Saint Michael's College community lost one such person with the passing of Father Raymond Doherty. As an alumnus of Saint…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Jun 24, 2021

For far too long, the mainstream media and Big Tech companies like Twitter, Google, and Facebook have used their power to censor one type of speech while favoring and promoting other speech that they prefer in an attempt to manipulate…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 23, 2021

For the first time, we will finally have paid family and medical leave. We're the only major country on Earth, where if you have a baby today, you got to get back to work in a week because you're not guaranteed time off where your kids are…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jun 23, 2021

I think some of the attacks on government workers are really improper and sound very antiquated and obsolete to me.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jun 23, 2021

Given the administration's priority of taking care of our people, and the important role that unit cohesion plays in improving readiness, it's crucial that the Navy take a fresh look at policies and practices that may not support all…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 23, 2021

But what I can say is that where the spending is going, makes a lot of sense to me. It's directed toward bridges, roads, water systems, wastewater plants, broadband, heavily funded. That's the good news. That's we need to spend money in…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jun 23, 2021

We need to help our small businesses where it is enormous financial pressure to deal with their commitment to their own employees, who they regard as family.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jun 23, 2021

I want to bring up Congresswoman Bustos' Social Determinants Accelerator Act, and I am a cosponsor, and it is really important in Vermont.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 23, 2021

Later, Senator Bernie Sanders joins us in the big bipartisan infrastructure deal announced at the White House today, but also the much bigger and much less bipartisan spending deal both he and the President want to go along with it.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 23, 2021

I think at the end of the day, my guess is that both bills will pass. And I just want people to know, because I think there is a lot of alienation, disenchantment on the part of American workers with what goes on in Washington. And I think…

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Jun 23, 2021

I thank Representative Gimenez for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you tonight to speak on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. The right to life is one of the founding principles of our Nation. Every human being born or…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 22, 2021

The Republican stand for nothing, except for stopping Joe Biden from being president.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 22, 2021

Georgia has essentially reinstituted Jim Crow.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 22, 2021

These are people who might have often voted Republican, but this Republican Party is essentially treacherous. They do not value the United States of America as it is now. They want to run an autocracy.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 22, 2021

The Democrats have never been tough enough with the Republicans. And I think Biden`s actually playing this quite well, because the Americans -- the reason Raphael Warnock is in the Senate Jon Ossoff is in the Senate is because the Georgia…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 22, 2021

I think Manchin will be reelected. He -- Manchin is in the most Republican state in the country right now. And I think his people like that. I think Sinema will lose in a primary and will be not heard from again, if this continues.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jun 22, 2021

The Republican Party’s loyalty is to themselves, not to the country. And that’s what’s so discouraging about this.

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