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Join Senator Sanders’ Staff in Brattleboro

To my mind, one of the most important jobs of being a U.S. Senator is ensuring Vermonters are treated with respect and receive the assistance they need when dealing with federal agencies. If you are having trouble resolving a problem with a federal agency or program, my Senate office may be able to help. My staff will be at SEVCA’s Housing Resource Center on March 4th, 12:30-1:30, to meet with constituents.

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Celebrating Vermont Students

Twice a year my office organizes trips for Vermont students to visit the Edward Kennedy Institute in Boston. To date, nearly 500 students have participated in their innovative programming on the legislative process, acting as senators for the day in a full-scale replica of the U.S. Senate chamber. “Vermont Day” is a wonderful opportunity for high school students to learn that democracy is not a spectator sport.

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Medicare For All Will Help Improve The Lives Of Black Women

It is impossible for any rational person to deny that our current healthcare system is dysfunctional and cruel. As a nation, we spend more than twice as much on health care as the people of almost every major country on earth while achieving worse outcomes. Even worse, Black Americans see only a fraction of those sub-par returns.  In America today, Black babies are more than twice as likely to die in infancy than babies born to white mothers, and Black women are three or four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white peers. 

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