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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 26, 2021

10 million is a hell of a lot more jobs being created than being lost.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 26, 2021

I have absolute confidence that your knowledge of the bureaucracy is exactly what we need to head up the VA.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 26, 2021

If we do not transform, not only our energy system, but the global energy system, there will be irreparable underlying damage.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jan 25, 2021

amid the chaos of the last 4 years, it is almost difficult to parse out the particular challenge that was 2020. Faced with deadly pandemic wrought by COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis, millions of Americans lost their jobs and found…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jan 25, 2021

what our Nation witnessed and what Members of Congress and the dedicated staff that work in the Capitol witnessed on January 6 was a deadly attack on one of our most sacred and historic constitutional duties: the count and final…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jan 25, 2021

all of us in this body mourn the recent passing of former Senator Paul Sarbanes. Those of us who served with him have known him as one of the finest and most accomplished Senators with whom we have served. And what a great pleasure it was…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 21, 2021

if that Republicans can’t get behind measure that would add less to the deficit than their tax cuts for the upper crust of the American society, to help Americans while the economy is in freefall. They are not here to serve the public…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 21, 2021

When Republicans controlled the Senate, they used the reconciliation process to provide huge tax breaks for the rich and large corporations. We`re going to use reconciliation to protect working families, the sick and the poor.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 20, 2021

In Vermont, we dress warm. We know something about the cold. And we`re not so concerned about good fashion. We want to keep warm. And that`s what I did today.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jan 13, 2021

1 week ago today, I was trapped in this House Chamber as the banging on the doors began. I feared for colleagues, reporters, and staff. I feared for myself. The attack on the Capitol will never be forgotten. The President and many in this…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jan 13, 2021

Our government is founded on the principle of all power flows from the people. Donald Trump challenged this principle in two ways: Deceit and violence. The deceit is repeated in baseless assertions of an electoral fraud. The violence, the…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Jan 6, 2021

This is a sad day for America--a day of shame, a day of ignominy, an attack on this Capitol, an attack on our country. Madam Speaker, our words matter. Mobs, thugs, insurrectionists, domestic terrorists attacked our government with the aim…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 6, 2021

We have to act and act now. And the first order of business by the way, is to pass an emergency COVID-19 bill which among many other things says to working class Americans, we know you're in pain and we are going to get you a $2,000 check…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 6, 2021

There's a lot that we can do through a Biden's executive actions. You know, Trump showed us the power of executive orders.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 6, 2021

Trump has been a disaster, the worst President in the history of the United States, and that's terrible.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jan 6, 2021

January 6, 2021, will forever mark a historic day for our Nation. Not simply because our beloved Capitol building--the very heart of our democracy--laid under siege. Not simply because rioters stormed the Senate and House floors…

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