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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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Dec 13, 2023

Let me repeat, these two important drugs, up to 15 times more expensive in the United States than in other countries.

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Dec 13, 2023

These drugs also have the potential to bankrupt Medicare and the American people.

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Dec 13, 2023

We need Congress to move swiftly and enact the STP and STPI funding contained in S. 1855.

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Dec 13, 2023

We are going to have to take on 1,800 well-paid lobbyists from the pharmaceutical industry here and all of the campaign contributions that they make.

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Dec 13, 2023

In order to do that, we must have the courage to take on the greed of the food and beverage industry, which every day is undermining the health and well-being of our children.

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Dec 13, 2023

I thank you Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Dr. Cassidy, and Members of this Committee for advancing S. 1855--bipartisan legislation led by Senators Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen to renew the SDP and SDPI.

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Dec 13, 2023

Today, we are going to be discussing one of the major health crises in America, and that is the diabetes epidemic.

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Dec 10, 2023

The American people were outraged by the Hamas attack against Israel, rightfully so. But they are equally outraged now by what Israel is doing.

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Dec 10, 2023

I think Israel has the right to defend itself and to go after Hamas, not the Palestinian people.

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Dec 10, 2023

It would be irresponsible for the United States to give Netanyahu another $10 billion to continue to wage this awful war.

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Dec 10, 2023

What the president is trying to do, he is trying to make clear to Netanyahu and his right-wing extremist government is, yes, you can go to war against Hamas, but you cannot go to war against the Palestinian people and cause the horrific…

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Dec 4, 2023

Madam President, I wanted to say a few words about the $106 billion emergency foreign aid supplemental bill that may soon be coming before us. And I should be clear that there are a number of pieces of that bill that I strongly support…

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