WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a letter today with 33 of his colleagues calling on the company that employs Senate cafeteria and catering workers to respect their right to organize. “Employees working full time in the U.S. Senate should not be living in poverty,” the senators wrote in the letter to Compass Group CEO Richard Cousins.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today ahead of Veterans Day. “Today, we honor the sacrifice of our nation’s veterans and their families. The truth is that we can never repay the debt that we owe to those men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country. Our commitment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Obama administration said it will ask the Supreme Court to recognize the president’s authority to prevent the deportation of as many as 5 million immigrants living in the United States: “The president is absolutely right to appeal this unfortunate lower-court decision. American immigration policy should
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting against a bill that increases the level of authorized funding for the Pentagon and other national security agencies by $21 billion in 2016. “If we are serious about ending waste, fraud, abuse and excessive spending, we have got to focus on all agencies – including
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after the text of a proposed 12-nation trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was made public. “Now that the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has finally been released, it is even worse than I thought. It is clear to me that the proposed agreement is not, nor has it ever
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced legislation today to stop the transfer of federal land to a foreign-owned corporation, which plans to develop the largest copper mine in North America. The land, known as Oak Flat, is located in the Tonto National Forest and has significant religious and cultural value to Apaches,
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