Sanders Outlines Plan to Strengthen Postal Service

WASHINGTON, June 7 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) outlined his plan to strengthen the United States Postal Service in a letter Thursday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the chairman of the presidentโ€™s task force on the Postal Service. โ€œUnfortunately, for decades, the Postal Service has been under attack by those who want to profit off of the Postal Serviceโ€™s failure.

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Sanders Statement on Trump Tariffs

LOS ANGELES, June 1 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on Mexico, the European Union and Canada: “We need a trade policy that is fair to American workers, not just large multi-national corporations. We need to stop the hemorrhaging of American jobs as large corporations shut down in the United States

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Sanders Statement on Cancelling of North Korea Summit

WASHINGTON, May 24 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after President Donald Trump canceled a planned summit next month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: “North Korea is an isolated authoritarian regime which has nuclear weapons and a sophisticated missile delivery system. With the apparent cancellation or postponement of the summit, the Trump administration should

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Sanders Accepts Amazon’s Invitation to Visit Fulfillment Center

WASHINGTON, May 22 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released a video Tuesday illustrating the extraordinary wealth of Amazon and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, contrasted with the fact that many Amazon workers must rely on public assistance programs due to low wages and face exhausting working conditions. Later on Tuesday, Amazon News responded to the video on Twitter, saying: “Weโ€™ve created

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Sanders Holds Veterans Town Hall and Resource Fair

                     NORTHFIELD, Vt., May 19 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a Veterans Town Hall and Resource Fair on Saturday at Norwich University. Roughly 150 Vermonters attended the event which highlighted national, statewide and local resources for Vermont veterans and their families. โ€œI wanted to hold todayโ€™s veterans town meeting because now, more than ever, veterans deserve to know

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Sanders Holds Job Training Discussion With More Than 300 Vermont High School Students

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt., May 18 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) met with roughly  325 Vermont high school students Friday to discuss job training and career opportunities after graduation. Students from the Burlington Technical Center, Essex Center for Technology, Essex High School and Northwest Technical Center participated in the discussion. Sanders, who serves on the Senate education committee, was joined

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