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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Sep 21, 2020

I believe it is time for the United States to be out of Afghanistan.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Sep 21, 2020

I applaud the success in getting some kind of peace arrangement, but I think we've got to be clear-eyed that the likelihood is the Taliban will be in charge, that country will continue to be very impoverished, and the instability in that…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Sep 21, 2020

It is not unreasonable to expect that the Taliban that's managed to sustain itself is ultimately going to be in charge in Afghanistan.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Sep 21, 2020

The elected government in Afghanistan has had one backer, and that's essentially the United States.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Sep 21, 2020

I am here with an incredibly heavy heart. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg--a tireless, legendary champion of equality who reshaped our society for the better--passed away on Friday, the first eve of Rosh Hashanah. Adherents of the Jewish faith…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 17, 2020

Recovery is challenging and isolating even during normal days, and this pandemic has only made it more difficult for those who suffer from addiction and substance use disorder. That is why National Recovery Month, this month, takes on even…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 15, 2020

I am a little puzzled by those remarks. After all, the Allen amendment sought some rather drastic changes to ESEA, but that didn't seem to generate that same comment. We all know that equal educational opportunities enrich us all, and they…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 15, 2020

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 10, insert ``AND STATE'' after ``national''. Page 1, line 11, strike ``The Secretary''…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 10, 2020

I have one request for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 10, 2020

today as a result of the horrific pandemic and economic meltdown, the American working class is hurting in a way that they have not been hurting since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tens of millions of our fellow citizens have lost…

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Sep 8, 2020

as we all know, we are in the middle of a public health crisis. The American people are hurting, from every State in our country. Nearly 190,000 people--our fellow citizens--have died. Millions have lost their jobs, and they are struggling…

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 7, 2020

There will be hard -- hardliners I got a whole bunch of them on Twitter saying, oh, you don't really believe those stories.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 7, 2020

I think the reason they're in trouble is because they have put loyalty to Trump over loyalty to their country.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Sep 7, 2020

The only way Trump wins is to cheat, which is busy trying to do by wrecking the Post Office and all that kind of stuff.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 23, 2020

I assume that both of you agree that that is an essential mission of the Post Office?

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 23, 2020

It was President Nixon in 1970 who had signed a very major postal reform bill to guarantee the independence of the Post Office.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 23, 2020

I mean, obviously, you have the right to make political donations within the law, and I have no dispute with that.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Aug 23, 2020

I want to thank Postmaster General DeJoy. And I want to thank the chairman of the board, Mr. Duncan, for your patient answering of our questions.

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