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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 24, 2026

These regulations would act in opposition to these goals. They would undermine our country’s competitiveness, erode our scientific ecosystem, increase unwanted bureaucracy, enable corruption, and perpetuate uncertainty across our local…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 24, 2026

Today, on a bipartisan basis, the Senate HELP Committee finally stood up to the greed of the food and beverage industry.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 24, 2026

We cannot continue to allow these greedy corporations to put their own profits over the health and well-being of our kids.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

Nearly 30 years ago, Congress had the courage to take on the tobacco industry, whose products killed more than 400,000 Americans every year. Today, on a bipartisan basis, the Senate HELP Committee finally stood up to the greed of the food…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

I am delighted that the HELP Committee passed the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act that I introduced. For decades, the food and beverage industry has made massive profits by enticing children to consume unhealthy products purposely…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

No one who works for a company making billions in profits should be living in poverty.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

It is time for the Walton family, worth $485 billion, and Mr. Bezos, worth $257 billion, to get off of welfare and pay their workers a living wage with good benefits.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the starvation wages of large corporations like Walmart and Amazon.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

That is why Congress must vote NO on the defense spending bill, which brings the US and Israeli militaries even closer together.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

Trump claims his war on Iran is about stopping an authoritarian country from enriching nuclear fuel. Now he’s letting his best friends in Saudi Arabia — one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world — do exactly that. This is absurd…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 22, 2026

This rule would derail American innovation and competitiveness at the local and national levels, kill good-paying American jobs, drive up costs for families, and halt essential projects in local communities.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 22, 2026

The proposed changes solidify federal grant-making as an unprecedented partisan power-grab that eliminates transparency of how taxpayer dollars are spent.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 21, 2026

We remain supportive of removing dangerous convicted criminals from our communities, but this goal can and must be achieved without endangering these very communities in the process.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jul 21, 2026

The recent fatal shootings involving U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, specifically within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas, coupled with fatalities during similar…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 21, 2026

Within the last year, we have won mayor's races in New York City. We've won mayor's races in Seattle. Washington, D.C. We have won congressional elections and Democratic primaries in Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California, Montana…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 20, 2026

We thanked you in the past for when you stood up to ICE. We’re going to thank you this time for standing up to the super PACs.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 20, 2026

In all due respect to Congresswoman Stevens, everyone knows that this is not an election between her and Abdul El-Sayed. This is an election between Abdul and the billionaire class.

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