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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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Mar 13, 2024

We have more income and wealth inequality than we have ever had before.

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Mar 13, 2024

The fact that so many people are going to work exhausted, physically and mentally.

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Mar 13, 2024

U.S. workers deserve a break. It's time for a 32-hour working week.

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Mar 13, 2024

They are fed up with being left behind and stripped of dignity.

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Mar 13, 2024

We agree with Senator Sanders' objective of holding this hearing to explore options for employees to share any 'AI wealth dividend' that may occur as a result of AI-related productivity advances in the workplace.

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Mar 13, 2024

That is criminal. America is better than this.

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Mar 13, 2024

Who is going to act to fix this epidemic of lives dominated by work? Are the employers going to act? Will Congress act?

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Mar 13, 2024

We have workers who feel despair as a consequence of advances in technology. Workers have been sacrificed at the altar of greed and they have been stripped of their dignity.

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Mar 13, 2024

I now have a bill that would cut the standard workweek in the United States from 40 hours to 32 for the same amount of pay.

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Mar 10, 2024

The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.

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Mar 10, 2024

We've got to come together, reelect Biden. But, at the same time, we have to demand that we have a progressive agenda.

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Mar 10, 2024

If you believe in democracy and involving people in the process, rather than keeping people from voting, you have to vote for Biden.

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Mar 10, 2024

If you think that, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, you don't give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the 1 percent, you've got to vote for Biden.

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Mar 10, 2024

The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.

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Mar 10, 2024

The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.

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Mar 10, 2024

We have to demand that we have a progressive agenda, where we have an economy that works for all, not just a few.

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Mar 10, 2024

The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.

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Mar 10, 2024

The contrast between Biden and Trump is day and night.

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Mar 10, 2024

If you want to lower the cost of prescription drugs, you've got to vote for Biden.

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Mar 10, 2024

If you believe that climate change is real, you've got to vote for President Biden.

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Mar 10, 2024

The United States of America cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children.

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Mar 10, 2024

The election of Trump would be a disaster for this country and, in my view, the world.

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Mar 10, 2024

You can't beg Netanyahu. You got to tell him, if you want any money, you got to change your policy.

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Mar 10, 2024

No more money to Netanyahu's war machine to kill Palestinian children.

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