PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Delivers Senate Floor Speech in Defense of Student Debt Relief

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 โ€“ย Ahead of a vote on Senate Joint Resolution 43, that would deny student debt relief to millions of Americans, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee,ย gave remarks today on the floor of the U.S. Senate urging his colleagues to vote “no” and instead work to cancel student debt for

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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Leads HELP Committee Hearing on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight Against Corporate Greed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led a committee hearing titled, โ€œStanding Up Against Corporate Greed: How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families,โ€ which heard testimony from UAW International President Shawn Fain, Teamsters General President Sean Oโ€™Brien, AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson, and other

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NEWS: Senators Sanders and Welch Meet with UN Leaders on Israel and Gaza at United Nations

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 โ€“ Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) visited the United Nations today in order to hear directly from key leaders about urgent efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and end the unacceptably high loss of civilian lives. The two senators from Vermont met with Secretary-General of the U.N. Antรณnio Guterres, the Permanent

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NEWS: Sanders Honored as Special Guest at 16th Annual Taste of Vermont, Hosted by Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 โ€“ Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR), a statewide, nonprofit business association with a mission to leverage local business for positive social and environmental impact, held the 16th Annual โ€œTaste of Vermontโ€ event on Thursday evening in Washington, D.C with special guest Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Over 30 local Vermont businesses from all across the state โ€“

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NEWS: Sanders Statement on Veterans Day

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 11 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Chair and longtime member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding Veterans Day: Today and every Veterans Day, we honor the service and sacrifices made by our nation’s veterans โ€“ our friends, family, and neighbors โ€“ who have put on the uniform to

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