MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders Welcomes Administrator of Health Resources & Services Administration to Vermont to Discuss the Health Care Workforce Crisis

Sen. Sanders and Administrator Johnson will be available for media following the roundtable discussion at UVM BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday will welcome Carole…

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Important Student Debt Announcement

The president’s decision yesterday to reduce the outrageous level of student debt in our country is an important step forward in providing real financial help to a struggling middle class. Yesterday’s announcement to reduce up to $10,000 in student debt for working class Americans and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients will eliminate student debt for some 20 million Americans and reduce debt for some 43 million. The result of this decision is that millions of Americans will now be in a better position to start families, or buy the homes and cars they have long needed. As someone who’s fought for years to cancel student debt, this is a big deal. But we have got to do more.

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New Story Leadership Joint Statement

I recently had the opportunity to meet with a group of extraordinary young Palestinians and Israelis.  They had come to Washington, DC as part of a program with an organization…

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You Had Some Questions About Covid. Here Are Some Answers.

I wish very much that I could tell you that the Covid pandemic was over, and that we no longer had to worry about it into the future. But that would not be true. The good news, however, is that as a result of vaccines and improved treatments the death rates and hospital admission rates from Covid today are far lower than they were at the height of the pandemic. Further, a great deal of research is now taking place to create new and better vaccines and treatments.

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