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Bernie Sanders' Public Statements on Issue: Entitlements and the Safety Net

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02/13/2023 NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through 2096
09/29/2022 Letter to President Joseph R. Biden - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Urging President Biden to Fill Leadership Posts at Social Security Administration
08/23/2022 Tweet - "The average amount of debt forgiveness to businesses receiving PPP loans: $95,700. If we could afford to cancel hundreds of billions in PPP loans to business owners in their time of need, please do not tell me we can't afford to cancel all student debt for 45 million Americans."
08/22/2022 Tweet - "More corporate greed. While the cost of healthcare is soaring & over 70 million are uninsured or under-insured, 7 health insurance companies made $43.8 billion in profits in the first half of 2022 while spending over $12 billion on stock buybacks. Yes. We need Medicare for All."
08/14/2022 Tweet - "For 87 years, through good times and bad, Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American on time & without delay. That's a h-u-g-e record of accomplishment. On this, the 87th anniversary of Social Security, our job is to expand Social Security, not cut it."
07/18/2022 NEWS: Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Report Series Shows Harmful Delays in Disability Appeals
06/15/2022 Tweet - "Today, someone who makes $147,000 a year pays the same amount of Social Security taxes as a millionaire or billionaire. Does that make sense to you?"
06/09/2022 NEWS: Sanders, Warren, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security by $2,400 a Year and Extend Solvency for 75 Years
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."
06/03/2022 Tweet - "1 in 7 older Americans rely on Social Security for more than 90% of their income. Maybe, just maybe, instead of cutting Social Security, we should expand it."
06/03/2022 MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Saving and Expanding Social Security
05/13/2022 Tweet - "The United States has the most dysfunctional, inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive health care system in the world. It's time for Medicare for All."
05/12/2022 PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Opening Statement at Hearing on Medicare for All
05/12/2022 NEWS: Sanders Introduces Medicare for All with 14 Colleagues in the Senate
05/05/2022 Letter to Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Roy Blunt, Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee - Wyden, Bennet, Colleagues Urge Full Funding of Unemployment Insurance Administration
03/02/2022 Lawson, Hayes, Torres, Warren, Sanders, Padilla, Murphy, Colleagues Urge Usda to Issue Clearer Guidance That Informs Students of Their SNAP Benefits
02/04/2022 Letter to Hon Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Hon. Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Heinrich Calls For Extension Of Telehealth Expansion
12/13/2021 Letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Menendez and Booker Join Coalition of Democratic Senators in Call to Ensure All Eligible New Jersey Same-Sex Couples Receive Pension Survivor Benefits
10/06/2021 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders
05/11/2021 Padilla Joins Warren, Murphy, Sanders, Colleagues to Introduce the Bicameral Student Food Security Act
05/07/2021 Moore, Sanders, Omar, and Gillibrand Seek to Expand and Make Permanent Universal School Meals
04/20/2021 Rep. Velázquez, Senator Sanders Introduce Territorial Equity Act of 2021, Sweeping Reform for Parity for U.S. Territories
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
03/26/2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Booker, Brown, Bennet, Wyden, Warnock Lead Senate Democrats in Push to Make Critical Tax Cuts for Workers & Families Permanent in Next Recovery Bill
03/06/2021 Sanders Statement on Passage of American Rescue Plan
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