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Bernie Sanders

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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.

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May 12, 2025

Since January, Trump has launched an unprecedented, illegal and outrageous attack on science and scientists.

commondreams.org
May 12, 2025

Let’s be clear. Trump’s war on science is not making America healthy again. It is making Americans and people throughout the world sicker.

cnn.com
May 12, 2025

That is beyond unacceptable. This is a war we cannot allow Trump to win. Far too many lives are at stake.

commondreams.org
May 12, 2025

Trump's war on science is not making America healthy again.

commondreams.org
May 12, 2025

What is happening in Gaza will be a permanent stain on the world’s collective conscience.

motherjones.com
May 12, 2025

This must end. Congress, the scientific community, and the American people must stand up and fight back.

commondreams.org
May 12, 2025

History will never forget that we allowed this to happen and, for us here in the United States, that we, in fact, enabled this atrocity.

motherjones.com
May 12, 2025

The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.

commondreams.org
May 11, 2025

Not only is this farcically corrupt, it is blatantly unconstitutional. Congress must not allow this over-the-top kleptocracy to proceed.

msnbc.com
May 11, 2025

[A]s Trump well knows, his executive order will be thrown out by the courts.

nbcnews.com
May 11, 2025

If Trump is serious about making real change rather than just issuing a press release, he will support legislation I will soon be introducing to make sure we pay no more for prescription drugs than people in other major countries.

nbcnews.com
May 11, 2025

As Trump well knows, his executive order will be thrown out by the courts.

commondreams.org
May 11, 2025

It is an outrage that the American people pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

commondreams.org
May 11, 2025

If Republicans and Democrats come together on this legislation, we can get it passed in a few weeks.

nbcnews.com
May 10, 2025

Bernie Sanders has long called for canceling all student debt.

thenation.com
May 10, 2025

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but NO, Donald Trump cannot accept a $400 million flying palace from the royal family of Qatar.

nbcnews.com
May 10, 2025

Today on Mother's Day, let's remember every mother deserves a livable wage, affordable childcare, paid family leave, and the ability to retire with dignity.

commondreams.org
May 8, 2025

if the Senator had heard my remarks, I talked about the need to release the hostages and I talked about who started the war, which is the terrorist organization called Hamas, led by war criminals. There is no debate about that. But what…

govinfo.gov
May 8, 2025

defending exclusionary zoning at the local level in the name of socialism is hokum.

thenation.com
May 8, 2025

I want to say a few words about an issue that people all over the world are thinking about, are appalled by but, for some strange reason, gets very little discussion here in the Nation's Capital or in the halls of Congress, and that is the…

govinfo.gov
May 7, 2025

It is our government, the United States government, that is absolutely complicit in creating and sustaining this humanitarian disaster.

commondreams.org
May 7, 2025

Starving children to death as a weapon of war is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention, the Foreign Assistance Act, and basic human decency.

commondreams.org
May 7, 2025

Given that reality, one might think that there would be a vigorous discussion right here in the Senate: Do we really want to spend billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?

commondreams.org
May 7, 2025

The time is long overdue for us to end our support for Netanyahu's destruction of the Palestinian people.

commondreams.org
May 7, 2025

More than that, he has repeatedly said that the United States will actually take over Gaza after the war.

commondreams.org

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