PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Calls for Ending the Filibuster to Protect the Right to Abortion

WASHINGTON, May 10 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday called to end the filibuster to protect the constitutional right to have an abortion during remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Sandersโ€™ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: M. President: The recently leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Womenโ€™s Health Organization signals what many of us have

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Medicare for All

WASHINGTON, May 9 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced Monday that the committee will hold a hearing Thursday, May 12, at 11:00 a.m. titled โ€œMedicare for All: Protecting Health, Saving Lives, Saving Money.โ€ Today in the United States, some 112 million Americans, about 44 percent of the adult population, are struggling to pay for

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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Amazon and Ending Federal Contracts to Companies Engaged in Illegal Anti-Union Activities

WASHINGTON, May 5 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Thursday delivered an opening statement at the committee’sย hearingย titled โ€œShould Taxpayer Dollars Go to Companies that Violate Labor Laws?โ€ The hearing is livestreamed on the Budget Committeeโ€™sย websiteย and Sandersโ€™ social mediaย pages. Sandersโ€™ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. Let me thank all of our witnesses for being

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Amazon and Ending Federal Contracts to Companies Engaged in Illegal Anti-Union Activities

Chairman Sanders has invited Jeff Bezos to testify. The committee will hear testimony from panelists, including Christian Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union, who helped lead the first successful unionization effort at an Amazon warehouse in the United States. WASHINGTON, May 2 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced Monday that the committee will

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NEWS: Sanders Writes Letter Asking President Biden to Fulfill Campaign Promise and Cancel Amazon’s Federal Contracts

WASHINGTON, April 26 โ€“ As Amazon refuses to recognize the historic vote to unionize a warehouse on Staten Island, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to fulfill his campaign promise to stand with workers and strengthen the union organizing movement by preventing companies engaged in illegal anti-union activities from receiving federal contracts

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PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Asks President Biden to Fulfill Campaign Promise and Cancel Amazon’s Federal Contracts

WASHINGTON, April 26 โ€“ During remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday called for President Joe Bidenย to fulfill his campaign promise to prevent companies that are engaged in illegal anti-unionย activities, like Amazon, from receiving lucrative contracts from the federal government on the taxpayers dime. Sanders urged President Biden to sign an Executive Order to

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