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Bernie Sanders' Public Statements on Issue: Senior Citizens

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07/28/2023 NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Retirement Savings Stagnate for Middle-Class Americans, While the Wealthy See Huge Gains
07/10/2023 NEWS: Sanders Once Again Urges Biden Administration to Act to Lower Outrageous Price of Alzheimer's Treatment and Costly New Prescription Drugs
06/09/2022 Tweet - "LIVE: At a time when half of older Americans have no retirement savings and millions of senior citizens are living in poverty, our job is to expand Social Security by demanding the wealthy pay their fair share."
06/23/2021 Data for Progress - Voters Are Right: It's Time to Expand Medicare
04/29/2021 Jayapal, Markey, and Lawmakers Introduce THRIVE Act
04/19/2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States; and Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States - Rep. Bowman and Sens. Brown, Sanders, and Warren Lead Colleagues in Calling for Desperately-Needed Expansions and Improvements to SSI Program
10/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services - Brown, Colleagues Urge HHS to Integrate Community Health Workers into Covid-19 Pandemic Response as Seniors, People of Color Disproportionately Impacted by Virus
10/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration - Democrats Criticize Proposed Labor Department Rule Weakening Tool to Advance Financial Interests of Workers and Retirees
08/10/2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader; Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee; and Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Collins, Gillibrand Lead Bipartisan Call for Funding for OAA Programs In Next COVID-19 Package to Help Older Adults
08/06/2020 Letter to the Hon. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of the Dept. of Labor - Democrats Demand Trump Administration Rescind Proposals Leaving Workers' Retirement Savings at Risk
07/29/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Senators Warren, Casey, Colleagues Urge Inclusion of Home and Community-Based Services Funding for Seniors and People with Disabilities in Future COVID-19 Legislation
07/01/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Hon. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Wyden Presses Federal Health Officials for Answers On Nursing Homes Evicting Residents Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
06/08/2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin, Department of the Treasury Secretary, and Charles Rettig, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner - Leahy, Sanders And Welch Push IRS To Ensure All Eligible Vermonters Receive Stimulus Checks
03/26/2020 Letter to the Hon. Joseph J. Simons, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission - Sinema, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Key Agency to Better Protect Arizona Seniors from Coronavirus Scams
03/12/2020 Letter to Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States - Shaheen, Hassan Press Coronavirus Task Force on Situation in Nursing Homes
03/12/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States - Casey, Colleagues Press Coronavirus Task Force on Situation in Nursing Homes and Preparedness for Seniors, People with Disabilities
01/28/2020 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Casey, Senate Dems Call for End to Trump Administration's New Scheme to Undermine Disability Benefits
09/13/2019 Letter to Seema Verma, Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services - Brown, Colleagues Urge CMS to Investigate Medicare Advantage Overbilling, Protect Taxpayer Dollars and Improve Care for Older Ohioans
07/24/2019 Brown, Smith, Manchin, Schumer Reintroduce Butch Lewis Act, Reaffirm Commitment to Solving Pension Crisis
04/17/2019 Letter to Sen. Roy Blunt, Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Sub-Committee of the Senate Appropriations Committee - Van Hollen, Senators Call on Subcommittee Chairman to Secure Funding for Job Training for Older Americans
02/13/2019 Sanders, DeFazio Introduce Bill to Expand Social Security
01/11/2019 Casey Looks To Help Lower Skyrocketing Cost Of Medicine
06/14/2018 Letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Sen. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Call for Hearing on Trump Administration Nominee to Lead the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
04/23/2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Halt Expansion of Junk Health Insurance Plans
04/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Significantly Increase Funding for the Older Americans Act
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