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Senator Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders's Public Statements on Environment

Bernie Sanders
Full Name: Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders
Office: U.S. Senate (VT) - Jr, Independent
First Elected: 11/07/2006
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2018
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jane; 1 Child: Levi; 3 Stepchildren: Heather, Carina, David
Birth Date: 09/08/1941
Birth Place: New York, NY
Home City: Burlington, VT
Religion: Jewish

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April 21, 2013 Earth Day Burlington, VT
Feb. 21, 2013 Letter to Nuclear Regulator Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane - Nuclear Regulation Washington, DC
Feb. 20, 2013 Letter to Acting Administrator Perciasepe - Environmental Health Washington, DC
Feb. 14, 2013 Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills Washington, DC
Feb. 13, 2013 Sanders Statement on State of the Union Washington, DC
Jan. 30, 2013 Letter to President Obama - Protect Public Health Washington, DC
Jan. 28, 2013 Sanders Opposes Vermont Wind Moratorium Washington, DC
Jan. 22, 2013 Sanders Welcomes Obama Statement on Global Warming Washington, DC
Jan. 9, 2013 Congress Must Act Boldly on Global Warming: Sanders Cites Record U.S. Heat in 2012 Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2012 Global Warming and Hurricane Sandy Burlington, VT
July 9, 2012 Letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Washington, DC
June 20, 2012 Senate Supports Clean Air Measure: Sanders to Inhofe: "Stop Poisoning Our Children' Washington, DC
June 20, 2012 Disapproval of EPA Emission Standards Rule Washington, DC
June 13, 2012 Landmark Bill Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud in Wartime Contracting Gains Bipartisan Support Washington, DC
May 11, 2012 Letter to Senate Conferees Unknown
May 10, 2012 Rep. Keith Ellison and Sen. Bernie Sanders Announce Bill to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies Washington, DC
April 21, 2012 Sanders Statement on Earth Day Washington, DC
March 1, 2012 Insurers See Growing Risks and Costs from Climate Change Washington, DC
Feb. 9, 2012 State Department IG Finds Flaws in Pipeline Review Washington, DC
Dec. 13, 2011 Global Warming Washington, DC
Nov. 1, 2011 Letter to Secretary Clinton Washington, DC
March 30, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, and Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States Washington, DC
March 22, 2011 House Republicans Would Slash Environmental Protection Agency by One-Third Unknown
Jan. 31, 2011 Kerry, Colleagues Respond to GOP Assault on Environmental Protections Washington, DC
Oct. 29, 2010 Letter to The Honorable Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Washington, DC
June 23, 2010 Letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Washington, DC
Nov. 16, 2009 Op-Ed: Good Environmental Policy is Good Economic Policy Unknown
May 12, 2009 Hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - The President's Proposed EPA Budget For FY 2010 Washington, DC
April 21, 2009 Hearing of the Senate Committe on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Empowering Workers to Rebuild America's Economy and Longer- Term Competitiveness: Green Skills Training for Workers Washington, DC
March 17, 2009 Hearing Of The Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee - Energy Development on Public Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf Washington, DC
March 11, 2009 Hearing of the Senate Budget Committee - The President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal for the Department of Energy Washington, DC
March 31, 2008 Letter to Jeff Bingaman and Pete Domenici, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Re: Support and Address Mining Law Reform Washington, DC
Jan. 24, 2008 Hearing of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee: Oversight of EPA's Decision to Deny the California Waiver (Panel I) Washington, DC
June 3, 2007 Burlington Free Press - Senate to Take up Sanders' Global Warming Legislation Burlington, VT
May 8, 2006 Sanders Discusses Global Warming at Middlebury College Unknown
Jan. 1, 2012 Issue Position: Environment and Energy Unknown

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