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Bernie Sanders
2 days ago: Sunday Dec 4 - 11:01am
I wanted to take a minute to talk with you about what we learned from the fight for paid sick days for rail workers. https://t.co/WCxpDWx5Lz
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Bernie Sanders
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:56pm
Kanye West praising Hitler and Nazis is abhorrent and disgusting. Whether it is anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism or homophobia there are always those who want to divide us up. Our job is to unite people around a progressive agenda that improves life for all.
Bernie Sanders
4 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 4:58pm
Let me be clear. This struggle is not over. I will do everything I can to make sure that rail workers in America are treated with dignity and respect. https://t.co/WVGLodsr7B
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Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 2:08pm
I’m LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to ask a simple question: Are any Republicans prepared to stand with rail workers who have ZERO paid sick days or are they instead going to back the outrageous greed of the rail industry? https://t.co/73MaivAJSj
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 8:55pm
Let me congratulate the 221 Members in the House for taking on the greed of the rail industry and voting to guarantee 7 paid sick days to every rail union worker in America. It is absolutely unacceptable that rail workers have ZERO paid sick days. The Senate must do the same.
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 6:52pm
Are any Republicans prepared to stand with rail workers who have ZERO paid sick days or are they going to back the greed of the top rail CEOs in America who got paid a combined $104 million in one year while they fire workers who get sick? Stay tuned...
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 1:02pm
At a time of record profits in the rail industry, it’s unacceptable that rail workers have ZERO guaranteed paid sick days. I'm LIVE on the floor of the Senate NOW to demand a vote on guaranteeing 7 paid sick days for all rail workers. https://t.co/Ppua2lmcpJ
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Tuesday Nov 29 - 7:18pm
I was proud to cast my vote today to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. https://t.co/NBDKAZMCTg
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Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Tuesday Nov 29 - 6:37pm
Guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers would cost the rail industry a grand total of $321 million a year – less than 2% of its profits. Please don't tell me the rail industry can't afford it. Rail companies spent $25.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year.
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Tuesday Nov 29 - 4:50pm
At a time of record profits in the rail industry, it’s unacceptable that rail workers have ZERO guaranteed paid sick days. It’s my intention to block consideration of the rail legislation until a roll call vote occurs on guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers in America.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Sunday Nov 27 - 1:31pm
It’s not just the unions who understand that working conditions on the railroads, with no guaranteed sick leave, is inhumane. It is some of the railroads major customers. Read what @EByerNACD, president and CEO of the National Association of Chemical Distributors, recently wrote. https://t.co/9PSCAXHMDq
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Friday Nov 25 - 2:38pm
If the rail industry can afford to spend $25.5 billion this year to buy back its own stock and hand out huge dividends to its wealthy shareholders, please do not tell me it cannot afford to guarantee paid sick days to its workers and provide them with a decent quality of life.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Nov 24 - 11:12am
Jane and I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Let’s never forget that when we stand together, with hope and love, we can create the future based on peace and justice that we all deserve.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Wednesday Nov 23 - 6:10pm
Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway's parent company, became $1.38 billion richer yesterday. In one day, Mr. Buffett made twice as much money as it would cost to guarantee 15 paid sick days a year to every rail worker in America. The greed of the rail industry must end.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Wednesday Nov 23 - 11:33am
Another day, another terrible mass shooting in America. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. It is long overdue for Congress to pass the common sense gun safety reform that Americans are demanding. If we can’t get 60 votes in the Senate, then we must end the filibuster to protect our people.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Nov 22 - 5:16pm
Listen to what rail workers have to say about the appalling conditions they work under. https://t.co/66IQQalaiI
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Nov 21 - 3:22pm
Let’s be clear. The terrible shooting in Colorado Springs this weekend is a direct result of the hateful and violent rhetoric that has been allowed to grow in this country. We must stand united with the LGBTQ+ community and speak out against bigotry everywhere we find it.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Nov 17 - 2:45pm
Thank you, @SpeakerPelosi, for all that you have done and worked for throughout your years of dedicated service. Speaker of the House is no easy job and you should be proud of how much you have accomplished for the American people.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Nov 16 - 5:34pm
Maybe just maybe, the Supreme Court should realize they have no business telling anyone who they can and can't love and marry. I was proud to cast my vote today to finally make marriage equality – including same-sex and interracial marriages – the long overdue law of the land.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Nov 16 - 1:04pm
Let me congratulate the 1,200 physicians at Montefiore Health System who are forming a union. More than 40 years after their rights to unionize were taken away, they are standing up and fighting back for better working conditions and better patient care. https://t.co/VYnvlITpRs
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Nov 14 - 11:51am
Why have insulin prices soared? Just 3 companies (Eli Lilly, Novo & Sanofi) control 90% of the insulin market while jacking up prices in tandem. It's time to break up their patents and end this collusion. Americans should not be forced to pay 10x more for insulin than Canadians.
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Sunday Nov 13 - 5:02pm
On Friday, we came together in St. Albans to commemorate the legacy and the extraordinary sacrifice of our Vermont veterans and their families. https://t.co/uoF6ntI8SC
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Nov 11 - 5:37pm
Cost for one vial of insulin: 🇦🇺: $6.94 🇬🇧: $7.52 🇫🇷: $9.08 🇩🇪: $11 🇨🇦: $12 🇯🇵: $14.40 🇺🇸: $98.70 No one should be forced to take out their wallets for insulin – a life-saving drug that was invented nearly 100 years ago. It's time to end the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Nov 11 - 3:33pm
I very much enjoyed being in St. Albans, Vermont today celebrating Veterans Day. Great turnout and community support. As the former chairman of the Senate Veterans Committee I want to thank all veterans for their service to our country.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Nov 1 - 2:56pm
I stand in solidarity with @CCWUnited workers striking at Maximus call centers today. If Maximus can afford to pay its CEO 208 times his median worker and spend $2 million on "bonuses" to cross the picket line, it can afford to pay workers a fair wage. https://t.co/FUeLJ7R9oY
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Nov 1 - 1:58pm
Oil Profits So Far This Year Exxon:⬆️203% to $43 billion Chevron:⬆️175% to $29 billion BP:⬆️161% to $22.8 billion Shell:⬆️133% to $30 billion Big Oil is using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to make obscene profits by jacking up gas prices. Yes. We need a windfall profits tax.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 31 - 1:18pm
President Biden is right. At a time when Exxon, Shell and Chevron increased their profits by 168% to $81 billion in the last 2 quarter by charging outrageously high prices at the pump, we need a windfall profits tax. The revenue should go directly back to the American people. https://t.co/tcZ5jHgcbR
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Sunday Oct 30 - 7:31pm
Today, the people of Brazil have voted for democracy, workers’ rights and environmental sanity. I congratulate Lula on his hard fought victory and look forward to a strong and prosperous relationship between the United States and Brazil. https://t.co/jWQN2uPQfP
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 28 - 3:46pm
Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 28 - 2:19pm
Many international studies point to Finland as the happiest country on Earth. Here’s what Finland’s Ambassador had to say when I asked him why that might be: https://t.co/5kolhGcFIx
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 28 - 12:53pm
I wish Paul Pelosi a quick recovery from this heinous attack. Violence must have no place in American politics. I hope we can all come together to condemn the increasingly violent rhetoric we hear every day.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 27 - 10:05pm
The 158-member House Republican Study Committee released a budget this year to: -Cut Social Security by $729 billion -Cut Medicare by $2.8 trillion -Give a tax break of up to $1.75 trillion to billionaires This is not how you improve the economy. This is how you make it worse.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 27 - 11:35am
Corporate greed is Shell making a record $21 billion in profits over the last 2 quarters and spending $26 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year to enrich its wealthy stockholders while working class Americans struggle to pay $4, $5, $6 for a gallon of gas.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 26 - 2:01pm
Jamie Dimon became a billionaire after his bank was fined billions for mortgage fraud, illegally foreclosing on military families & bribing foreign officials. Now, he's in Saudi Arabia to do business with a country partnering with Russia to damage our economy. Pathetic.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 25 - 12:21pm
While the price of a bag of Snickers has more than doubled, Republicans want to give the Mars family, who became 44% richer during the pandemic and are now worth $106 billion, a tax break of up to $42 billion by repealing the estate tax. Yes. Trickle down economics is very scary.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 24 - 5:27pm
Millions of Americans are right now struggling with the outrageous cost of child care and education in this country. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Listen to what Finland’s Ambassador had to say about what it looks like when a nation gets its priorities right. https://t.co/1VDlFdDsBd
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Sunday Oct 23 - 9:29am
This week, I had the chance to speak with the Finnish Ambassador and I asked him what can the U.S. learn from Finland? You can watch our full conversation here: https://t.co/6NQS97tsNN
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 21 - 5:38pm
After receiving billions in federal contracts, Pfizer wants to charge up to $130 for a COVID vaccine shot that costs as little as $1.18 to manufacture – 10,000% above cost. Enough is enough. The COVID vaccine should cost $0. Pfizer's greed is killing people throughout the world.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 21 - 4:04pm
While the cost of Halloween candy has surged more than 13.1% since last September, the Mars candy bar family became 44% richer during the pandemic increasing their wealth by $32.6 billion. The Mars family is now worth $106.8 billion. Do you know what’s scary? Corporate greed.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 20 - 2:12pm
Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 19 - 10:15pm
It's outrageous that multinational corporations are demanding billions in new corporate tax breaks, including $2 billion for Raytheon. Instead, at a time when child poverty is spiking, we need to focus on supporting low-income families by extending the expanded child tax credit.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 19 - 11:41am
Inflation Rate 🇪🇺: 10.9% 🇩🇪: 10.9% 🇬🇧: 10.1% 🇮🇹: 9.4% 🇪🇸: 9% 🇮🇪: 8.6% 🇺🇸: 8.2% No. Inflation is not going up in the U.S. because the working class got a $1,400 check 19 months ago. Multinational corporations are jacking up prices worldwide.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 8:31pm
RT @PplsAction: 🚨LIVE NOW: #CareOverCost: When Insurance Says No, We Fight Back! With @SenSanders and @PplsAction. https://t.co/LS236ZkLrs
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 4:20pm
Join us tonight LIVE at 8 p.m. EST! https://t.co/WTdrUmkJXL
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 2:31pm
President Biden’s Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://t.co/JSZlStaPDE
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 1:30pm
The inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 in 1923. And yet, the price of insulin in America has gone up by over 1,000% since 1999 causing 1.3 million diabetics in our country to ration insulin last year. It should not cost 10x more for insulin than it does in Canada.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 11:12am
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 17 - 5:15pm
The Republican "solution" to inflation is to hold the full faith and credit of the US government hostage unless they are able to enact huge cuts to Social Security and Medicare at a time when 55% of seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year. Outrageous.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Sunday Oct 16 - 2:26pm
The Saudi Arabian regime treats women as third-class citizens, tortures civilians, and now is siding with Putin in the war against Ukraine. Yes, we must pull US troops out of Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons, and end its price-fixing oil cartel. https://t.co/7N7V0XaiNI
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 14 - 10:23pm
Let me congratulate the Apple Store workers in Oklahoma City for voting to become the 2nd unionized Apple Store in the US. Last year, Apple made a record $95 billion profit. Its billionaire CEO made $99 million in 2021. It's time for Apple to treat its workers with respect.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 13 - 8:48pm
At a time when food prices are soaring as a result of corporate greed, it would be an absolute disaster to allow Kroger, the 2nd largest grocery store in America, to merge with Albertsons, the 4th largest grocery store in America. The Biden Administration must reject this deal.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 13 - 2:24pm
It's unacceptable that childcare workers are paid less than 98% of all occupations while childcare is unaffordable for 60% of families who need it. We must make pre-school free, make sure no family pays over 7% of their income on childcare & pay childcare workers a living wage.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 12 - 4:13pm
I stand in solidarity with Teamsters Local 320 at the University of Minnesota in the fight for better wages & working conditions. If UMN can afford to pay its president over $1 million and give her a 22% raise, it can afford to pay its workers a minimum wage of $20 an hour.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 10 - 5:47pm
We owe Native Americans an enormous debt. From the first days of this country, they were lied to, their treaties violated, and their needs ignored. Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, let us recommit to standing with them in the fight for long overdue justice.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 7 - 6:14pm
No, Chairman Powell. At a time when real weekly wages are lower today than they were nearly 50 years ago, the problem is not that wages and employment are too high. The problem is that corporations are making record profits by jacking up prices. We need a windfall profits tax.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Oct 7 - 3:42pm
If Saudi Arabia, one of the worst violators of human rights in the world, wants to partner with Russia to jack up US gas prices, it can get Putin to defend its monarchy. We must pull all US troops out of Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons & end its price-fixing oil cartel.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Oct 6 - 4:07pm
I have long believed that marijuana should be legalized and those arrested for possession should be pardoned and have their records expunged. The President’s executive action today is an important step forward, but much more needs to be done.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Oct 5 - 7:17pm
OPEC's decision to cutback on production is a blatant attempt to increase gas prices at the pump that cannot stand. We must end OPEC's illegal price-fixing cartel, eliminate military assistance to Saudi Arabia, and move aggressively to renewable energy.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Oct 5 - 2:14pm
It takes enormous bravery to go to the streets to protest Iran’s authoritarian “Supreme Leader.” But, led by courageous young women, that’s exactly what’s happening. I stand with all of those Iranians who are demanding freedom and a better future.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 30 - 4:12pm
Brazil’s next president should be chosen by the voters of that country and no one else. It’s an important step forward for democracy that Brazil’s military leadership made clear yesterday that they will respect the results of Sunday’s election.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 29 - 12:26pm
Yesterday, the United States Senate unanimously passed our resolution supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. We are sending a clear, bipartisan message that we are on the side of the people of Brazil and on the side of democracy. https://t.co/NHOZLvhYVm
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 7:04pm
Let me again thank the environmental community for helping to defeat the Big Oil side deal yesterday. But this battle is not over. The fossil fuel industry will spend millions to get Congress to approve some of their dirtiest projects before the year is over. We must stay alert.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 5:42pm
I’m LIVE on the floor of the Senate to pass a resolution supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. It’s important for the people of Brazil to know that the United States is on their side and on the side of democracy. https://t.co/wzWnpunjl9
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 1:03pm
The obscene level of income and wealth inequality in America is a profoundly moral issue that we cannot continue to ignore or sweep under the rug. A society cannot sustain itself when so few have so much while so many have so little. https://t.co/9kkKyJV264
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 11:16am
We already have redistribution of wealth in this country. It is going the wrong way in the form of trillions of dollars to the top 1%. Yes, I believe it is time to change that. https://t.co/qnO1u3kNRu
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 27 - 5:56pm
I want to congratulate the groups and organizations who made clear that we do not need more fossil fuel projects that would substantially increase carbon emissions. The removal of the big oil side deal is a victory for the planet and a major loss for the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/5pCFhPNfYl
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 27 - 11:41am
You want to restore people’s faith in democracy? Have a government that works for them. https://t.co/AMtARQo7bG
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Monday Sep 26 - 12:49pm
It may be a radical idea to some of my Senate colleagues & in the editorial rooms of newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch & Jeff Bezos, but I do believe the future of the planet is more important than the short term profits of the fossil fuel industry. Defeat the Big Oil side deal.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Sunday Sep 25 - 2:12pm
A major challenge that our rural communities face today is the struggle to staff our volunteer fire departments and EMS crews. I am enormously proud of young people like Danielle who feel called to serve and who are stepping up to help keep their communities safe. https://t.co/pMXc2pJ6Eq
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 23 - 2:04pm
The Iranian people, led by young women, are demonstrating for their freedom and for a better life. The government has responded by killing dozens of protesters. I call upon the Iranian government to address the needs of their citizens, not kill them.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 23 - 1:50pm
I sent a letter to my colleagues in the Senate today urging them to oppose this Big Oil side deal. The time has come for Congress to tell the fossil fuel industry that their short-term profits are not more important than the future of our planet. https://t.co/SBrKuvzB1U
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 22 - 3:05pm
Today, 50% of our people live paycheck to paycheck and half of older Americans have no savings. Meanwhile, CEOs of large corporations make a record-breaking 350 times what their workers earn. That level of inequality is immoral and unsustainable.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 22 - 9:57am
I stand in solidarity with the thousands of Russians who went into the streets yesterday to oppose Putin’s barbaric war in Ukraine. In an authoritarian society, that is an act of great courage. They deserve our support.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 7:21pm
LIVE: This month, I introduced a resolution with my colleagues supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. Shockingly, not a single Republican is supporting it. I’m on the floor of the Senate to talk about why. https://t.co/kYktNkrPAd
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 6:18pm
The fact that ZERO Republicans are supporting a resolution to back free elections in Brazil tells us about the state of democracy in this country and the Republican Party. I’ll be LIVE on the Senate floor tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET to talk about it. https://t.co/pNQeLsHffi
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 3:17pm
We must put an end to corporate greed and support the growing union movement. https://t.co/h1rLaLmlDG
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 1:52pm
Let me congratulate the Starbucks workers in Boston who won their 64-day strike for fair schedules and decent working conditions. When workers stand together and fight for justice, there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to have stood on the picket line with them. https://t.co/ks73m1nm3a
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 12:13pm
During this terrible pandemic, when thousands of essential workers died doing their jobs, some 700 billionaires in America became nearly $2 trillion richer. But the working class is standing up and fighting back.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 2:09pm
The Big Oil side deal requires the president to prioritize 25 energy projects for expedited environmental reviews. Of those, 19 could be dirty fossil fuel or mining projects and ZERO are required to be renewable energy projects that would reduce emissions. That is unacceptable.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 2:09pm
The Mountain Valley Pipeline would generate emissions equivalent to 37 coal plants or putting 27 million more cars on the road. It's hard for me to understand why anyone concerned about climate change would consider voting to approve such a dirty & dangerous fracked gas pipeline.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 2:09pm
No. Defeating the Big Oil side deal is not about revenge. It's about whether we will stand with 650 environmental and civil rights organizations who understand that the future of the planet is with renewable energy and energy efficiency not approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 1:20pm
The entire island of Puerto Rico lost power and 60% of households still don't have clean running water. The full resources of the U.S. government must be brought to bear to address the suffering of our fellow citizens.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 15 - 5:30pm
Yesterday, Republicans tried to ram through a bill that would have prevented rail workers from receiving sick leave and health care benefits. I was proud to block that effort on the floor of the Senate. If you missed it, tune in now. https://t.co/92tXdojsiv
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 15 - 3:16pm
Let me congratulate the rail unions who stood up to corporate greed and forced the industry to make important concessions. I also want to thank President Biden and Secretary Walsh for their hard work. Now it’s up to the rank-and-file union members to evaluate this deal. https://t.co/UV2m7QDRkm
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 14 - 10:45pm
Call me a radical, but I happen to believe that rail workers are entitled to paid sick leave. https://t.co/xShwcOoVLf
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 14 - 4:49pm
I’m LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to stand with rail workers as they fight for paid sick leave and improved working conditions from rail companies that made $20 billion in profits last year. https://t.co/CyeH2zUl0c
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 14 - 3:47pm
Today, Republicans at 4:20 p.m. ET will try to sneak legislation through the U.S. Senate to block 115,000 rail workers from fighting for paid sick days and safe working conditions. I will proudly stand up to stop it.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 5:30pm
In the midst of a potential rail strike, Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway's parent company, worth $100 billion must intervene. During the pandemic, Mr. Buffett became $36 billion richer. He must ensure that rail workers receive decent wages and safe working conditions.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 3:47pm
This poll confirms what we already know: Our current health care system is a disaster. At a time when we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a right, just 12% of Americans believe our health care system is working very well. Yes. We need Medicare for All. https://t.co/Ilp0mcUjQU
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 3:00pm
LIVE: The American people are sick and tired of our collapsing and dysfunctional health care system. Now is the time for Medicare for All. https://t.co/IrfnE4vrF4
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 1:00pm
I’ll be live on the floor of the U.S. Senate at 3 p.m. ET TODAY to discuss our collapsing health care system and why we need Medicare for All.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Monday Sep 12 - 5:20pm
On the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s famous speech and as a couple of billionaires look to exploit space for their own gain, let us not forget his proclamation that space advancements be “won and used for the progress of all people,” not just the wealthy few. https://t.co/uf8AlEnBsL
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Monday Sep 12 - 1:47pm
I say this as the father of four kids and the grandfather of seven: if we do not deal with the existential threat of climate change now, it will be too late. https://t.co/5GPOkFog9M
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Sunday Sep 11 - 2:00pm
Today, we pause to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001 and honor the brave first responders who risked their lives that day to help their fellow Americans. It’s a day I will never forget.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Sunday Sep 11 - 12:34pm
I’m once again asking my colleagues in the Senate to look at what is happening around the world and find the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/HHf9JTdOoa
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 9 - 6:55pm
Today, 72 Members of Congress made it clear that it would be an outrage to attach Sen. Manchin's fossil fuel "side deal" to the Continuing Resolution or any other must pass bill. At a time when our planet is on fire, we must take on the greed of Big Oil & reject this dirty deal. https://t.co/5AhlaaYVar
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 9 - 3:30pm
Yesterday, I was on the Senate floor to discuss climate catastrophes are happening all over the world and why we must not make it easier for the fossil fuel industry to destroy our planet. If you missed it, tune in. https://t.co/9uuglwFQjU
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 9 - 2:24pm
It's no accident that 71% of Americans have a favorable view of unions the highest since 1965, while just 36% hold a favorable view of corporations the lowest since Wall Street crashed the economy in 2008. The American people are sick and tired of corporate greed.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 8 - 1:31pm
Congress must listen to the 650+ environmental and civil rights organizations who wrote that it would be "morally abhorrent" to attach Sen. Manchin’s fossil fuel "side deal" to the Continuing Resolution or any other must pass bill. https://t.co/kukwXsAje2
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 8 - 12:13pm
Combating climate change is more important than fossil fuel profits. I will not vote for any bill that makes it easier for Big Oil to destroy the planet and that includes approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Continuing Resolution must not be held hostage by Big Oil.
2 days ago: Sunday Dec 4 - 11:01am
I wanted to take a minute to talk with you about what we learned from the fight for paid sick days for rail workers. https://t.co/WCxpDWx5Lz
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Bernie Sanders
4 days ago: Friday Dec 2 - 1:56pm
Kanye West praising Hitler and Nazis is abhorrent and disgusting. Whether it is anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism or homophobia there are always those who want to divide us up. Our job is to unite people around a progressive agenda that improves life for all.
Bernie Sanders
4 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 4:58pm
Let me be clear. This struggle is not over. I will do everything I can to make sure that rail workers in America are treated with dignity and respect. https://t.co/WVGLodsr7B
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Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Thursday Dec 1 - 2:08pm
I’m LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to ask a simple question: Are any Republicans prepared to stand with rail workers who have ZERO paid sick days or are they instead going to back the outrageous greed of the rail industry? https://t.co/73MaivAJSj
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 8:55pm
Let me congratulate the 221 Members in the House for taking on the greed of the rail industry and voting to guarantee 7 paid sick days to every rail union worker in America. It is absolutely unacceptable that rail workers have ZERO paid sick days. The Senate must do the same.
Bernie Sanders
5 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 6:52pm
Are any Republicans prepared to stand with rail workers who have ZERO paid sick days or are they going to back the greed of the top rail CEOs in America who got paid a combined $104 million in one year while they fire workers who get sick? Stay tuned...
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Wednesday Nov 30 - 1:02pm
At a time of record profits in the rail industry, it’s unacceptable that rail workers have ZERO guaranteed paid sick days. I'm LIVE on the floor of the Senate NOW to demand a vote on guaranteeing 7 paid sick days for all rail workers. https://t.co/Ppua2lmcpJ
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Tuesday Nov 29 - 7:18pm
I was proud to cast my vote today to pass the Respect for Marriage Act. https://t.co/NBDKAZMCTg
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Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Tuesday Nov 29 - 6:37pm
Guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers would cost the rail industry a grand total of $321 million a year – less than 2% of its profits. Please don't tell me the rail industry can't afford it. Rail companies spent $25.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year.
Bernie Sanders
6 days ago: Tuesday Nov 29 - 4:50pm
At a time of record profits in the rail industry, it’s unacceptable that rail workers have ZERO guaranteed paid sick days. It’s my intention to block consideration of the rail legislation until a roll call vote occurs on guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers in America.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Sunday Nov 27 - 1:31pm
It’s not just the unions who understand that working conditions on the railroads, with no guaranteed sick leave, is inhumane. It is some of the railroads major customers. Read what @EByerNACD, president and CEO of the National Association of Chemical Distributors, recently wrote. https://t.co/9PSCAXHMDq
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Friday Nov 25 - 2:38pm
If the rail industry can afford to spend $25.5 billion this year to buy back its own stock and hand out huge dividends to its wealthy shareholders, please do not tell me it cannot afford to guarantee paid sick days to its workers and provide them with a decent quality of life.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Thursday Nov 24 - 11:12am
Jane and I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Let’s never forget that when we stand together, with hope and love, we can create the future based on peace and justice that we all deserve.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Wednesday Nov 23 - 6:10pm
Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway's parent company, became $1.38 billion richer yesterday. In one day, Mr. Buffett made twice as much money as it would cost to guarantee 15 paid sick days a year to every rail worker in America. The greed of the rail industry must end.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Wednesday Nov 23 - 11:33am
Another day, another terrible mass shooting in America. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. It is long overdue for Congress to pass the common sense gun safety reform that Americans are demanding. If we can’t get 60 votes in the Senate, then we must end the filibuster to protect our people.
Bernie Sanders
1 week ago: Tuesday Nov 22 - 5:16pm
Listen to what rail workers have to say about the appalling conditions they work under. https://t.co/66IQQalaiI
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Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Monday Nov 21 - 3:22pm
Let’s be clear. The terrible shooting in Colorado Springs this weekend is a direct result of the hateful and violent rhetoric that has been allowed to grow in this country. We must stand united with the LGBTQ+ community and speak out against bigotry everywhere we find it.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Thursday Nov 17 - 2:45pm
Thank you, @SpeakerPelosi, for all that you have done and worked for throughout your years of dedicated service. Speaker of the House is no easy job and you should be proud of how much you have accomplished for the American people.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Nov 16 - 5:34pm
Maybe just maybe, the Supreme Court should realize they have no business telling anyone who they can and can't love and marry. I was proud to cast my vote today to finally make marriage equality – including same-sex and interracial marriages – the long overdue law of the land.
Bernie Sanders
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Nov 16 - 1:04pm
Let me congratulate the 1,200 physicians at Montefiore Health System who are forming a union. More than 40 years after their rights to unionize were taken away, they are standing up and fighting back for better working conditions and better patient care. https://t.co/VYnvlITpRs
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Monday Nov 14 - 11:51am
Why have insulin prices soared? Just 3 companies (Eli Lilly, Novo & Sanofi) control 90% of the insulin market while jacking up prices in tandem. It's time to break up their patents and end this collusion. Americans should not be forced to pay 10x more for insulin than Canadians.
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Sunday Nov 13 - 5:02pm
On Friday, we came together in St. Albans to commemorate the legacy and the extraordinary sacrifice of our Vermont veterans and their families. https://t.co/uoF6ntI8SC
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Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Nov 11 - 5:37pm
Cost for one vial of insulin: 🇦🇺: $6.94 🇬🇧: $7.52 🇫🇷: $9.08 🇩🇪: $11 🇨🇦: $12 🇯🇵: $14.40 🇺🇸: $98.70 No one should be forced to take out their wallets for insulin – a life-saving drug that was invented nearly 100 years ago. It's time to end the greed of the pharmaceutical industry.
Bernie Sanders
3 weeks ago: Friday Nov 11 - 3:33pm
I very much enjoyed being in St. Albans, Vermont today celebrating Veterans Day. Great turnout and community support. As the former chairman of the Senate Veterans Committee I want to thank all veterans for their service to our country.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Nov 1 - 2:56pm
I stand in solidarity with @CCWUnited workers striking at Maximus call centers today. If Maximus can afford to pay its CEO 208 times his median worker and spend $2 million on "bonuses" to cross the picket line, it can afford to pay workers a fair wage. https://t.co/FUeLJ7R9oY
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Nov 1 - 1:58pm
Oil Profits So Far This Year Exxon:⬆️203% to $43 billion Chevron:⬆️175% to $29 billion BP:⬆️161% to $22.8 billion Shell:⬆️133% to $30 billion Big Oil is using the war in Ukraine as an excuse to make obscene profits by jacking up gas prices. Yes. We need a windfall profits tax.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 31 - 1:18pm
President Biden is right. At a time when Exxon, Shell and Chevron increased their profits by 168% to $81 billion in the last 2 quarter by charging outrageously high prices at the pump, we need a windfall profits tax. The revenue should go directly back to the American people. https://t.co/tcZ5jHgcbR
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Sunday Oct 30 - 7:31pm
Today, the people of Brazil have voted for democracy, workers’ rights and environmental sanity. I congratulate Lula on his hard fought victory and look forward to a strong and prosperous relationship between the United States and Brazil. https://t.co/jWQN2uPQfP
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 28 - 3:46pm
Profits in last 2 quarters Exxon:⬆️228% to $38 billion Chevron:⬆️149% to $23 billion Shell:⬆️117% to $21 billion These companies are spending $63 billion in stock buybacks & dividends - a massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the top 1%. Windfall profits tax NOW!
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 28 - 2:19pm
Many international studies point to Finland as the happiest country on Earth. Here’s what Finland’s Ambassador had to say when I asked him why that might be: https://t.co/5kolhGcFIx
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 28 - 12:53pm
I wish Paul Pelosi a quick recovery from this heinous attack. Violence must have no place in American politics. I hope we can all come together to condemn the increasingly violent rhetoric we hear every day.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 27 - 10:05pm
The 158-member House Republican Study Committee released a budget this year to: -Cut Social Security by $729 billion -Cut Medicare by $2.8 trillion -Give a tax break of up to $1.75 trillion to billionaires This is not how you improve the economy. This is how you make it worse.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 27 - 11:35am
Corporate greed is Shell making a record $21 billion in profits over the last 2 quarters and spending $26 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year to enrich its wealthy stockholders while working class Americans struggle to pay $4, $5, $6 for a gallon of gas.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 26 - 2:01pm
Jamie Dimon became a billionaire after his bank was fined billions for mortgage fraud, illegally foreclosing on military families & bribing foreign officials. Now, he's in Saudi Arabia to do business with a country partnering with Russia to damage our economy. Pathetic.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 25 - 12:21pm
While the price of a bag of Snickers has more than doubled, Republicans want to give the Mars family, who became 44% richer during the pandemic and are now worth $106 billion, a tax break of up to $42 billion by repealing the estate tax. Yes. Trickle down economics is very scary.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 24 - 5:27pm
Millions of Americans are right now struggling with the outrageous cost of child care and education in this country. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Listen to what Finland’s Ambassador had to say about what it looks like when a nation gets its priorities right. https://t.co/1VDlFdDsBd
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Sunday Oct 23 - 9:29am
This week, I had the chance to speak with the Finnish Ambassador and I asked him what can the U.S. learn from Finland? You can watch our full conversation here: https://t.co/6NQS97tsNN
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 21 - 5:38pm
After receiving billions in federal contracts, Pfizer wants to charge up to $130 for a COVID vaccine shot that costs as little as $1.18 to manufacture – 10,000% above cost. Enough is enough. The COVID vaccine should cost $0. Pfizer's greed is killing people throughout the world.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 21 - 4:04pm
While the cost of Halloween candy has surged more than 13.1% since last September, the Mars candy bar family became 44% richer during the pandemic increasing their wealth by $32.6 billion. The Mars family is now worth $106.8 billion. Do you know what’s scary? Corporate greed.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 20 - 2:12pm
Corporate profits are at a 70-year high, median wages have gone down the sharpest in 25 years and corporations are spending $1 trillion on stock buybacks. Our goal must not be to "get wages down." Our goal must be to end corporate greed. The Fed must stop raising interest rates.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 19 - 10:15pm
It's outrageous that multinational corporations are demanding billions in new corporate tax breaks, including $2 billion for Raytheon. Instead, at a time when child poverty is spiking, we need to focus on supporting low-income families by extending the expanded child tax credit.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 19 - 11:41am
Inflation Rate 🇪🇺: 10.9% 🇩🇪: 10.9% 🇬🇧: 10.1% 🇮🇹: 9.4% 🇪🇸: 9% 🇮🇪: 8.6% 🇺🇸: 8.2% No. Inflation is not going up in the U.S. because the working class got a $1,400 check 19 months ago. Multinational corporations are jacking up prices worldwide.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 8:31pm
RT @PplsAction: 🚨LIVE NOW: #CareOverCost: When Insurance Says No, We Fight Back! With @SenSanders and @PplsAction. https://t.co/LS236ZkLrs
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 4:20pm
Join us tonight LIVE at 8 p.m. EST! https://t.co/WTdrUmkJXL
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 2:31pm
President Biden’s Student Loan Debt Relief application is now open, and it takes less than five minutes to apply. This is a MAJOR first step. Next step: Make education a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few. Apply today: https://t.co/JSZlStaPDE
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 1:30pm
The inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 in 1923. And yet, the price of insulin in America has gone up by over 1,000% since 1999 causing 1.3 million diabetics in our country to ration insulin last year. It should not cost 10x more for insulin than it does in Canada.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Tuesday Oct 18 - 11:12am
Apply for spring internships in Senator Sanders' Vermont and Washington DC offices. The deadline to apply is October 30. See here for more information: https://t.co/LihLoEZIIR
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 17 - 5:15pm
The Republican "solution" to inflation is to hold the full faith and credit of the US government hostage unless they are able to enact huge cuts to Social Security and Medicare at a time when 55% of seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year. Outrageous.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Sunday Oct 16 - 2:26pm
The Saudi Arabian regime treats women as third-class citizens, tortures civilians, and now is siding with Putin in the war against Ukraine. Yes, we must pull US troops out of Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons, and end its price-fixing oil cartel. https://t.co/7N7V0XaiNI
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Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 14 - 10:23pm
Let me congratulate the Apple Store workers in Oklahoma City for voting to become the 2nd unionized Apple Store in the US. Last year, Apple made a record $95 billion profit. Its billionaire CEO made $99 million in 2021. It's time for Apple to treat its workers with respect.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 13 - 8:48pm
At a time when food prices are soaring as a result of corporate greed, it would be an absolute disaster to allow Kroger, the 2nd largest grocery store in America, to merge with Albertsons, the 4th largest grocery store in America. The Biden Administration must reject this deal.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Thursday Oct 13 - 2:24pm
It's unacceptable that childcare workers are paid less than 98% of all occupations while childcare is unaffordable for 60% of families who need it. We must make pre-school free, make sure no family pays over 7% of their income on childcare & pay childcare workers a living wage.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Wednesday Oct 12 - 4:13pm
I stand in solidarity with Teamsters Local 320 at the University of Minnesota in the fight for better wages & working conditions. If UMN can afford to pay its president over $1 million and give her a 22% raise, it can afford to pay its workers a minimum wage of $20 an hour.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Monday Oct 10 - 5:47pm
We owe Native Americans an enormous debt. From the first days of this country, they were lied to, their treaties violated, and their needs ignored. Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, let us recommit to standing with them in the fight for long overdue justice.
Bernie Sanders
1 month ago: Friday Oct 7 - 6:14pm
No, Chairman Powell. At a time when real weekly wages are lower today than they were nearly 50 years ago, the problem is not that wages and employment are too high. The problem is that corporations are making record profits by jacking up prices. We need a windfall profits tax.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Oct 7 - 3:42pm
If Saudi Arabia, one of the worst violators of human rights in the world, wants to partner with Russia to jack up US gas prices, it can get Putin to defend its monarchy. We must pull all US troops out of Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons & end its price-fixing oil cartel.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Oct 6 - 4:07pm
I have long believed that marijuana should be legalized and those arrested for possession should be pardoned and have their records expunged. The President’s executive action today is an important step forward, but much more needs to be done.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Oct 5 - 7:17pm
OPEC's decision to cutback on production is a blatant attempt to increase gas prices at the pump that cannot stand. We must end OPEC's illegal price-fixing cartel, eliminate military assistance to Saudi Arabia, and move aggressively to renewable energy.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Oct 5 - 2:14pm
It takes enormous bravery to go to the streets to protest Iran’s authoritarian “Supreme Leader.” But, led by courageous young women, that’s exactly what’s happening. I stand with all of those Iranians who are demanding freedom and a better future.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 30 - 4:12pm
Brazil’s next president should be chosen by the voters of that country and no one else. It’s an important step forward for democracy that Brazil’s military leadership made clear yesterday that they will respect the results of Sunday’s election.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 29 - 12:26pm
Yesterday, the United States Senate unanimously passed our resolution supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. We are sending a clear, bipartisan message that we are on the side of the people of Brazil and on the side of democracy. https://t.co/NHOZLvhYVm
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 7:04pm
Let me again thank the environmental community for helping to defeat the Big Oil side deal yesterday. But this battle is not over. The fossil fuel industry will spend millions to get Congress to approve some of their dirtiest projects before the year is over. We must stay alert.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 5:42pm
I’m LIVE on the floor of the Senate to pass a resolution supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. It’s important for the people of Brazil to know that the United States is on their side and on the side of democracy. https://t.co/wzWnpunjl9
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 1:03pm
The obscene level of income and wealth inequality in America is a profoundly moral issue that we cannot continue to ignore or sweep under the rug. A society cannot sustain itself when so few have so much while so many have so little. https://t.co/9kkKyJV264
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 28 - 11:16am
We already have redistribution of wealth in this country. It is going the wrong way in the form of trillions of dollars to the top 1%. Yes, I believe it is time to change that. https://t.co/qnO1u3kNRu
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 27 - 5:56pm
I want to congratulate the groups and organizations who made clear that we do not need more fossil fuel projects that would substantially increase carbon emissions. The removal of the big oil side deal is a victory for the planet and a major loss for the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/5pCFhPNfYl
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 27 - 11:41am
You want to restore people’s faith in democracy? Have a government that works for them. https://t.co/AMtARQo7bG
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Monday Sep 26 - 12:49pm
It may be a radical idea to some of my Senate colleagues & in the editorial rooms of newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch & Jeff Bezos, but I do believe the future of the planet is more important than the short term profits of the fossil fuel industry. Defeat the Big Oil side deal.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Sunday Sep 25 - 2:12pm
A major challenge that our rural communities face today is the struggle to staff our volunteer fire departments and EMS crews. I am enormously proud of young people like Danielle who feel called to serve and who are stepping up to help keep their communities safe. https://t.co/pMXc2pJ6Eq
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 23 - 2:04pm
The Iranian people, led by young women, are demonstrating for their freedom and for a better life. The government has responded by killing dozens of protesters. I call upon the Iranian government to address the needs of their citizens, not kill them.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 23 - 1:50pm
I sent a letter to my colleagues in the Senate today urging them to oppose this Big Oil side deal. The time has come for Congress to tell the fossil fuel industry that their short-term profits are not more important than the future of our planet. https://t.co/SBrKuvzB1U
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 22 - 3:05pm
Today, 50% of our people live paycheck to paycheck and half of older Americans have no savings. Meanwhile, CEOs of large corporations make a record-breaking 350 times what their workers earn. That level of inequality is immoral and unsustainable.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 22 - 9:57am
I stand in solidarity with the thousands of Russians who went into the streets yesterday to oppose Putin’s barbaric war in Ukraine. In an authoritarian society, that is an act of great courage. They deserve our support.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 7:21pm
LIVE: This month, I introduced a resolution with my colleagues supporting free and fair elections in Brazil. Shockingly, not a single Republican is supporting it. I’m on the floor of the Senate to talk about why. https://t.co/kYktNkrPAd
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 6:18pm
The fact that ZERO Republicans are supporting a resolution to back free elections in Brazil tells us about the state of democracy in this country and the Republican Party. I’ll be LIVE on the Senate floor tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET to talk about it. https://t.co/pNQeLsHffi
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 3:17pm
We must put an end to corporate greed and support the growing union movement. https://t.co/h1rLaLmlDG
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 1:52pm
Let me congratulate the Starbucks workers in Boston who won their 64-day strike for fair schedules and decent working conditions. When workers stand together and fight for justice, there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to have stood on the picket line with them. https://t.co/ks73m1nm3a
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 21 - 12:13pm
During this terrible pandemic, when thousands of essential workers died doing their jobs, some 700 billionaires in America became nearly $2 trillion richer. But the working class is standing up and fighting back.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 2:09pm
The Big Oil side deal requires the president to prioritize 25 energy projects for expedited environmental reviews. Of those, 19 could be dirty fossil fuel or mining projects and ZERO are required to be renewable energy projects that would reduce emissions. That is unacceptable.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 2:09pm
The Mountain Valley Pipeline would generate emissions equivalent to 37 coal plants or putting 27 million more cars on the road. It's hard for me to understand why anyone concerned about climate change would consider voting to approve such a dirty & dangerous fracked gas pipeline.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 2:09pm
No. Defeating the Big Oil side deal is not about revenge. It's about whether we will stand with 650 environmental and civil rights organizations who understand that the future of the planet is with renewable energy and energy efficiency not approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 20 - 1:20pm
The entire island of Puerto Rico lost power and 60% of households still don't have clean running water. The full resources of the U.S. government must be brought to bear to address the suffering of our fellow citizens.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 15 - 5:30pm
Yesterday, Republicans tried to ram through a bill that would have prevented rail workers from receiving sick leave and health care benefits. I was proud to block that effort on the floor of the Senate. If you missed it, tune in now. https://t.co/92tXdojsiv
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 15 - 3:16pm
Let me congratulate the rail unions who stood up to corporate greed and forced the industry to make important concessions. I also want to thank President Biden and Secretary Walsh for their hard work. Now it’s up to the rank-and-file union members to evaluate this deal. https://t.co/UV2m7QDRkm
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 14 - 10:45pm
Call me a radical, but I happen to believe that rail workers are entitled to paid sick leave. https://t.co/xShwcOoVLf
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 14 - 4:49pm
I’m LIVE on the floor of the U.S. Senate to stand with rail workers as they fight for paid sick leave and improved working conditions from rail companies that made $20 billion in profits last year. https://t.co/CyeH2zUl0c
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Wednesday Sep 14 - 3:47pm
Today, Republicans at 4:20 p.m. ET will try to sneak legislation through the U.S. Senate to block 115,000 rail workers from fighting for paid sick days and safe working conditions. I will proudly stand up to stop it.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 5:30pm
In the midst of a potential rail strike, Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway's parent company, worth $100 billion must intervene. During the pandemic, Mr. Buffett became $36 billion richer. He must ensure that rail workers receive decent wages and safe working conditions.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 3:47pm
This poll confirms what we already know: Our current health care system is a disaster. At a time when we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a right, just 12% of Americans believe our health care system is working very well. Yes. We need Medicare for All. https://t.co/Ilp0mcUjQU
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 3:00pm
LIVE: The American people are sick and tired of our collapsing and dysfunctional health care system. Now is the time for Medicare for All. https://t.co/IrfnE4vrF4
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Tuesday Sep 13 - 1:00pm
I’ll be live on the floor of the U.S. Senate at 3 p.m. ET TODAY to discuss our collapsing health care system and why we need Medicare for All.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Monday Sep 12 - 5:20pm
On the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s famous speech and as a couple of billionaires look to exploit space for their own gain, let us not forget his proclamation that space advancements be “won and used for the progress of all people,” not just the wealthy few. https://t.co/uf8AlEnBsL
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Monday Sep 12 - 1:47pm
I say this as the father of four kids and the grandfather of seven: if we do not deal with the existential threat of climate change now, it will be too late. https://t.co/5GPOkFog9M
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Sunday Sep 11 - 2:00pm
Today, we pause to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001 and honor the brave first responders who risked their lives that day to help their fellow Americans. It’s a day I will never forget.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Sunday Sep 11 - 12:34pm
I’m once again asking my colleagues in the Senate to look at what is happening around the world and find the courage to stand up to the fossil fuel industry. https://t.co/HHf9JTdOoa
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Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 9 - 6:55pm
Today, 72 Members of Congress made it clear that it would be an outrage to attach Sen. Manchin's fossil fuel "side deal" to the Continuing Resolution or any other must pass bill. At a time when our planet is on fire, we must take on the greed of Big Oil & reject this dirty deal. https://t.co/5AhlaaYVar
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 9 - 3:30pm
Yesterday, I was on the Senate floor to discuss climate catastrophes are happening all over the world and why we must not make it easier for the fossil fuel industry to destroy our planet. If you missed it, tune in. https://t.co/9uuglwFQjU
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Friday Sep 9 - 2:24pm
It's no accident that 71% of Americans have a favorable view of unions the highest since 1965, while just 36% hold a favorable view of corporations the lowest since Wall Street crashed the economy in 2008. The American people are sick and tired of corporate greed.
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 8 - 1:31pm
Congress must listen to the 650+ environmental and civil rights organizations who wrote that it would be "morally abhorrent" to attach Sen. Manchin’s fossil fuel "side deal" to the Continuing Resolution or any other must pass bill. https://t.co/kukwXsAje2
Bernie Sanders
2 months ago: Thursday Sep 8 - 12:13pm
Combating climate change is more important than fossil fuel profits. I will not vote for any bill that makes it easier for Big Oil to destroy the planet and that includes approving the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Continuing Resolution must not be held hostage by Big Oil.