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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.
The American people increasingly are sick and tired of spending billions of dollars in support of illegal, horrific military actions on the part of the Netanyahu government. We have spent tens of billions of dollars already. Gaza has been…
Mr. President, 60 percent of our people here in the United States live paycheck to paycheck. They are struggling to pay for groceries, for housing, for healthcare, and, increasingly, the ability to fill up their gas tanks in their cars in…
we are at the beginning of the most profound technological revolution in world history, a revolution which will bring unimaginable changes to every aspect of our society. Artificial intelligence and robotics will impact our economy, our…
at a time when our country faces unprecedented crises, the U.S. Senate has spent an entire week debating a problem that essentially does not exist. The goal of the SAVE Act, which is on the floor right now, is to make certain that…
as many Americans are beginning to understand, artificial intelligence and robotics is in the process of transforming the world. The truth is that we are at the beginning of the most profound technological revolution in world history, a…
Jackson was a courageous civil rights leader who put his life on the line in the fight against segregation and racism.
as part of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, President Trump and Republicans threw 15 million Americans off of Medicaid through massive cuts to that program. At the same time, they did something even more dangerous. That legislation…
it is no secret to the American people that our country today faces a series of enormous crises: our healthcare system basically collapsing, despite the huge amount of money we spend on it; millions of Americans cannot afford housing…
let's be honest. Let us face up to reality and let us acknowledge that most Americans understand that our great Nation, once the envy of the entire world, is now in the midst of a deep decline. And for the sake of our children and future…
We are powerful. We have the strongest military on Earth, and we can run any country we want.
Trump promised to cap credit card interest rates at 10% and stop Wall Street from getting away with murder.
We cannot continue to allow big banks to make huge profits ripping off the American people.
New York, thank you for inspiring our nation. Thank you for giving us from coast to coast, the hope and the vision that we can create government that works for all, not just the wealthy and the few.
The billionaire class in this city and country have to got to understand that in America they cannot have it all.
That America, our great country, must belong to all of us, not just a few. And that lesson begins today in New York City.
The billionaire class in this city and country have got to understand that in America they cannot have it all.
The Senator from Oklahoma says that I am talking about politics. Well, if talking about politics means that millions of children have the right to see a doctor, I guess I am talking about politics. If talking about politics means that kids…
let me be very clear: In the midst of a broken and dysfunctional healthcare system, we must do everything that we can to find new cures and treatments for pediatric cancer, and I strongly support that effort, period. I think we can all…
on behalf of his Big Tech billionaire backers, some of whom are the wealthiest people on the planet, President Trump wants to deny States the right to regulate artificial intelligence through an Executive order. What he is proposing is not…
showed growing opposition to Trumpism and his efforts to decimate the already-broken American health care system
I understand that, the way the process has been developed, it is impossible to delay the votes that are going to take place. If that were not the case, that is certainly what I would do because I think it is important that the American…
I wanted to touch on a few topics relating to the shutdown, which is now in its 39th day and doing very serious harm to Federal workers here in Washington and Vermont and all over this country, and it is a shutdown that should be ended as…
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