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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jul 30, 2019

over a storied 50-year career, Sabra Field has established herself as a great Vermont artist. Her works have made hers a unique and highly sought-after brand, one which beautifully depicts Vermont's landscape. Her prints, made by hand…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 29, 2019

I believe that healthcare is a right of all people.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 29, 2019

We have got to have the guts to take on the insurance companies and the drug companies and move forward toward a Medicare-for-all, single-payer program.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 29, 2019

We need a new trade policy that stands up for workers, stands up for farmers, and by the way, the word 'family farmer' is almost one of the times gone by.

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Patrick Leahy
@patrickleahy· Democratic · VT· Jul 29, 2019

Today I am introducing, along with 45 Democratic and Republican cosponsors, the Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019. Identical legislation was introduced on July 25th by Representatives Jim McGovern and Tom Emmer in the…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

But, you know, the bottom line is, we are all in this together, and we have to have--politics is about trying to find ways where the things that are common problems, we can come up with solutions that work for all of us.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

I want to thank Congressman Garcia for yielding. I am from Vermont, and it is hard to be farther from the southern border in the United States than being in Vermont, but the question that people ask me in Vermont, really, more than…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

You know, every once in a while, we get an opportunity do something useful in Congress, not often, but today's one of those days.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

I believe it's a national scandal that they are able to charge these prices without any accountability for how they're raising it, why they're raising it.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

It's outrageous. You shouldn't have to be contending with unaffordable medications.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

We passed some--you know, Mr. Cummings, of course, has been a leader on trying to get the prices down for years, and it's starting to make a difference.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

I want to thank you. You know, every once in a while, we get an opportunity do something useful in Congress, not often, but today's one of those days.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

You're entitled to some anger at us because it's our job to make certain that these companies don't rip off the patent system.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

It's for us to figure out how they're doing that.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

The bottom line is, we are all in this together, and we have to have--politics is about trying to find ways where the things that are common problems, we can come up with solutions that work for all of us.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2019

I'm tired of those talking points and so is President Trump, and I just want to say, 'Amen.'

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David Roe
@davidroe· Republican · VT· Jul 24, 2019

If they want to organize, they should be able to do that. If they don't, they should also have that right.

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David Roe
@davidroe· Republican · VT· Jul 24, 2019

This is the best economy in my lifetime.

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