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Bernard Sanders is a prominent American politician and a member of the Democratic Party, known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. He has served as a U.S. Senator from Vermont since 2007, having previously represented Vermont in the House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007. Sanders is recognized for his focus on issues such as income inequality, healthcare reform, and education, often emphasizing the need for systemic change to benefit working-class Americans.
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June 20, 2024
This country does not survive unless we have the best education in the world for our kids, we're not going to compete economically.
— Bernard Sanders
If four hedge fund managers today, at a time when we have massive income, wealth inequality in America, four hedge company executives making more money than every kindergarten teacher in this country, maybe there's something wrong with our…
Raising teacher salaries to at least 60,000 a year, and ensuring competitive pay for all of our teachers is one of the most important steps we can take to address the teacher shortage in America and to improve the quality of public…
The situation has become so absurd that 4 hedge fund managers on Wall Street made more money last year than every kindergarten teacher in America.
In the richest country in the history of the world, we have got to do a lot better than that.
Public school teachers should not be forced to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet.
There is, in fact nothing more, nothing more important that we can do than provide a quality education to all of our young people.
If we are serious about the need for a bright and hopeful future for our Country, we must understand that the children, the young people of this country are our future.
For decades, public school teachers have been overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and maybe most importantly, underappreciated.
I thank you for the opportunity to testify before you on behalf of the Academy of General Dentistry.
It is unacceptable to me that only a third of our Nation's dentists provide care to people who are on Medicaid.
We've got to understand that if we're going to seriously address the mental crisis in America, Congress is going to have to act and act boldly.
It is unacceptable to me that 67 percent of rural communities in America are designated as dental professional shortage areas.
We need to understand that a major cause of absenteeism, interestingly enough, from school, is a result of toothache and dental pain.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans leave the United States go to countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, India, Thailand, and Hungary.
The lack of affordable dental care in America is a problem all over our Country.
The tens of millions of Americans who are either unable to afford or unable to access the kind of dental care that they need.
Nearly 70 million adults and nearly 8 million children have no dental insurance.
Nearly half of Americans who have dental insurance have skipped their appointments because they could not afford to pay for the dental procedures they need.
More than 40 percent of children in America have tooth decay by the time they reach kindergarten.
This would be transformational. It is a bill that is going to force corporate health care to accept transparency and competition.
I ardently advocate for the re-introduction of legislation which would specifically fund and protect the growth of HBCU medical schools.
We call on you to increase funding for HBCUs to reduce the cost of producing high quality physicians of color.
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