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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.
this article by Mr. Kinzer used the example--this is just one example--of Indonesia to demonstrate the incredibly negative impact Saudi financing has had in many places around the world. I will quote from his article: Saudi Arabia has been…
I rise to speak in support of the Murphy- Paul-Franken resolution of disapproval and to outline my concerns about the unfettered sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led war in Yemen has created a humanitarian disaster in one of the…
Cutting Medicaid would hurt veterans. Efforts in Congress to cut Medicaid jeopardize a critical source of health coverage for veterans.
What I do not want to see--and I think Senator Tester--many of us do not want to see the shifting of funds that go to traditional VA health care moved to the Choice Program.
What we need right now in this country are people from coast to coast standing up and fighting back for their own health.
There is no rational reason why in the United States, Gleevec, which is used to treat leukemia, costs over $10,000 in our country, but $2,100 in Norway.
The drug companies are enormously powerful. They own much of the U.S. Congress.
It is impossible to imagine that we could not solve, in good faith, the pharmaceutical pricing problem...
The reason we pay the highest prices in the world is an example of that for prescription drugs.
We are talking about one-sixth of the American economy and there will be no public discussion. No committee hearings. No witnesses coming forward. This is really outrageous.
It is a fraud to take insurance from middle class folks, folks who might be struggling in this country so that you can muster up enough money to hand another big tax break to people that do not need it.
They are sick and tired of being ripped off by the pharmaceutical industry, and they are very tired of paying by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
in the U.S. Senate, it is the Parliamentarian's office that determines whether a reconciliation bill is in compliance with the rules of the Senate. That is not the function of the chairman of the Budget Committee. If it were, we could save…
I am strongly supportive of adding sanctions against Russia to the bill that is scheduled to come up this afternoon. As I think we all know, Russia actively worked to influence our 2016 Presidential election and continues to try to…
Generally speaking, the quality of care is good, that the average veteran in this country, in fact, is very, very proud of the care that they get at the VA.
The bottom line here is that in a country which has massive health care problems--got 28 million people who have no health insurance.
I want to see the VA be strengthened, provide the highest-quality care in a timely manner to all of our veterans.
I think you are absolutely right, but even from a dollars and cents point of view, doesn't it make sense to give support to those people who care for veterans in their homes rather than putting them in nursing homes?
But, some of us believe that when people put their lives on the line to defend this country, it should not be just taking from Peter to pay Paul.
Our job is to improve what already works reasonably well and not to dismember it, which is a fear that I think many service organizations have, and it is a fear that I share.
I think what I think the veterans community fears very much... they are not paranoid about this. They have legitimate concerns.
Look, no hospital in America does not have problems. Correct? Every day, there are problems. We know that.
Will you deny that 99.8 percent of the American people will not get a nickel of benefit?
The Trump budget that Mr. Vought helped write cuts nutrition assistance for low-income pregnant women and their babies by 15 percent.
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