By: Peter Sullivan, Axios Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to use the bully pulpit to lower the price of wildly popular anti-obesity drugs the same way he helped pushed drugmakers to limit inhaler…
By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams"We cannot continue to run our public education system on the backs of saints and martyrs," an elementary school teacher testified to a Senate committee.A pair of…
By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr.; NBC NewsThe Vermont senator wants to know why the drugmaker charges up to 15 times more for the blockbuster weight loss drugs in the U.S., compared to…
WASHINGTON, June 20 – The Senate Judiciary Committee today considered the nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge for the District of…
Tragically, more and more young people are dealing with loneliness, depression, anxiety, anorexia, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, and more. While this has been a crisis for a number of years, it has only been made worse by the pandemic and the widespread use of social media. As your Senator and as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, I am doing my best to address this crisis. And I am glad to say that I am not alone in this effort.
WASHINGTON, June 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today led the committee in a hearing titled, “The Immediate…
By: Jessica Corbett; Common DreamsCalling the vote "disappointing," one campaigner warned: "Nuclear is, at best, a waste of resources. At worst, it's a meltdown."Just U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Bernie Sanders on Tuesday voted against legislation that…
By: Lauren Irwin; The HillSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “beholden” to extreme racists in Israel after the leader pressed the U.S. on withholding of weapons in the Israel-Hamas…
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