PREPARED REMARKS: Sandersย Opening Statement in Hearing to Consider Chavez-DeRemer Nomination

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today delivered an opening statement at the committeeโ€™s hearing on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor.  Sandersโ€™ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here. Let me begin by thanking

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NEWS: Sanders Calls on Trump Admin to Rehire VA Workers, Ensure Veterans’ Health Care Access

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 โ€“ After the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dismissed more than 1,000 employees last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, todayย sent a letterย to VA Secretary Doug Collins urging him to reverse the layoffs to ensure that Americaโ€™s veterans have the health care they deserve โ€“ especially as VA facilities

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NEWS: Bipartisan Lawmakers Demand Trump Reinstate NLRB Member Wilcox

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) and Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) led every Democratic senator and a bipartisan group of 213 Representatives in urging President Trump to

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NEWS: Sanders Statement on New Study Highlighting Corporate Greed in the Health Care Industry

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement regarding a new study from the Journal of American Medical Association. The study found that between 2001 and 2022, top health care companies made $2.7 trillion in profits and spent $2.6 trillion on stock buybacks and

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NEWS: Sanders Statement:ย Trump Claims Heโ€™s on the Side of the Working Class. Really?

BURLINGTON, Feb. 7 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement:ย  At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, when 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, millions of Americans understand that if they are going to make it to the middle class,

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