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Opening Statement of Chairman Sanders Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging Hearing May 15, 2012 Thank you all for attending this important hearing, which as far as I know is the first Congressional hearing ever held to discuss the possibility of ending monopolies for medicines and offering a serious proposal to replace our broken system with one that would accelerate innovation

WASHINGTON, May 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) addressed Social Security supporters today outside a fiscal summit hosted by Peter G. Peterson, the billionaire foe of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “I find it rather appalling that a Wall Street billionaire, Pete Peterson, a man who has more money than he knows how to spend, is hosting a conference today

WASHINGTON, May 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today called for eliminating legal monopolies that make HIV/AIDS medicine so expensive in the United States that many patients cannot afford treatment and die. “The U.S. has – by far – the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs,” Sanders said. “The simple fact is that the prices of patent medicines are a significant barrier to access

Let me begin by stating that I find it rather appalling that a Wall Street billionaire, Pete Peterson, a man who has more money than he knows how to spend, is hosting a conference today to call for massive cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs that are of enormous importance to the survival and dignity of

WASHINGTON, May 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that the $2 billion trading loss by JPMorgan Chase underscores the need for Federal Reserve reforms to eliminate blatant conflicts of interest. “It is an obvious conflict of interest for Jamie Dimon, the CEO of the largest bank in America, to serve on the New York Fed’s board of directors,”

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 11 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after J.P. Morgan Chase revealed a $2 billion loss: “The debacle at J.P. Morgan Chase reaffirms my view that the largest six banks in this country, including J.P. Morgan Chase, which have assets equivalent to two-thirds of our GDP, must be broken up.  This is important in order to bring more