Senate Hearing Held on Sandersโ€™ Legislation to Expand Dental Care for Veterans

                    WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 โ€“ The Senate Veteransโ€™ Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday afternoon to consider legislation authored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to expand access to dental care for veterans. โ€œThe goal of my legislation is really pretty simple: to improve and expand access to dental care for veterans throughout the country,โ€ said Sanders, who is a

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Sanders Introduces Bill to End Money Bail

WASHINGTON, July 25 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Wednesday to end money bail, which would prevent people from being locked up before trial solely because they cannot afford their bail. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has introduced a companion bill in the House. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and nearly a quarter of

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Warren, Sanders, Gillibrand, Markey, Harris, and Velรกzquez Unveil Debt-Relief Legislation for Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories

Washington, DC –ย United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to provide an avenue to comprehensive debt relief for Puerto Rico and other disaster-ravaged U.S. territories so they can recover and rebuild with dignity. The U.S. Territorial Relief Act of 2018 gives territories the option to terminate their debt obligationsย if they meet certain stringent eligibility

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Delegation Announces $400,000 for Vermont Technical Collegeโ€™s Dental Program

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 20 โ€“Vermontโ€™s congressional delegation announced Friday that Vermont Technical College received $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop a program to educate dental therapists, which will help expand access to much-needed oral health care throughout Vermont. The $400,000 in federal funds will play an instrumental role in establishing and implementing a dental

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Sanders Statement on Russia Probe Indictments

MINNEAPOLIS, July 13 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement regarding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosensteinโ€™s announcement Friday of new charges against 12 Russian intelligence officers: “The indictments announced today by the Justice Department confirm once again that Russia interfered in our elections to benefit Donald Trump. The fact that these indictments name 12 members of Russiaโ€™s military intelligence service

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