NEWS: Sanders Sends Letter to Attorney General as BlackRock Appears to Violate Federal Law

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 โ€“ BlackRock, the asset management firm, is attempting its largest acquisition in 15 years with its purchase of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a private equity firm which manages $100 billion in infrastructure assets around the world. In response, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today sent aย letterย to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, and

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NEWS: Sanders Applauds Administrationโ€™s $1.5 Billion Award Aimed at Revitalizing Semiconductor Manufacturing in Vermont

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 19 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today applauded the announcement by the Biden-Harris Administration that the U.S. Department of Commerce will provide $1.5ย billion in planned direct funding for GlobalFoundries as part of the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act. This will include funding for theย modernization of GlobalFoundriesโ€™ facility in Essex Junction, adding secure capacity for essential chip manufacturing

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NEWS: Sanders Sends Letter to FDA Commissioner Urging Strong Warning Labels to Combat Diabetes Epidemic and Obesity in America

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 โ€“ As discussions on a new proposed front-of-package label rule that would better inform consumers about the health impacts of their food are underway at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. urging the

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NEWS: Sanders, Murray, Scott, and 106 Colleagues Urge Department of Education to Address FAFSA Rollout Issues

โ€œThe recent announcements from the Department were a welcome first stepโ€ฆBut now, it is imperative that we all work together to ensure no student falls through the cracks or faces unnecessary challenges in accessing the aid they are due,โ€ wrote the members in a letter to the Department of Education. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 โ€“ As the traditional May 1st โ€œcollege

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NEWS: Sanders Urges Colleagues to Vote โ€œNOโ€ on Sending $14 Billion toFund Netanyahuโ€™s Horrific War

โ€œAs long as this bill contains money to fund Netanyahuโ€™s cruel war, I will do everything I can to oppose it. I urge my colleagues to do the same.โ€ โ€œThis is really quite unbelievable โ€“ does the United States Congress really want to provide more military aid to Netanyahu so that he can annihilate thousands and thousands more innocent men,

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NEWS: Sanders, โ€œI will vote NO on any bill containing offensive military aid to Netanyahuโ€

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 โ€” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on his opposition to the latest $95 billion supplemental appropriations bill under consideration in the Senate: Earlier today, I voted NO on the motion to proceed to the latest supplemental appropriations bill. Let me be clear: So long as this bill contains $10 billion to enable Netanyahuโ€™s

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