Loneliness, depression, and anxiety are reaching epidemic levels among young Americans, and after pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into mental health care to fight those powerful emotions in and out of the school system, the federal government is asked to pay more. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) held…
Biden Admin Asks for Billions More to Combat Post-Pandemic ‘Loneliness’ in American Youth
June 13, 2023
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Bernie Sanders Says ‘We Can Start Negotiating Tomorrow’ on Debt, Blames GOP for Impasse
May 1, 2023
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said lawmakers could start negotiating on the U.S. debt and spending soon, but not before Republicans commit to increasing the U.S. debt limit to avoid a default on its existing debt obligations. Sanders discussed the U.S. national debt and an ongoing debate over raising the debt limit during an interview with…
Sen. Sanders Asks Insulin Manufacturers to Testify Before Senate HELP Panel
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders has called the executives of top insulin manufacturers to testify before his panel. In an April 21 statement, Sanders (I-Vt.) announced a May 10 hearing of the HELP panel, entitled “The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans.” He also announced that the…
Senators Question Democrat Ties to Unions at Starbucks’ Labor Practices Hearing
March 29, 2023
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)—ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee—accused the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of being weaponized against U.S. employers on behalf of unions and the politicians they support during a hearing with testimony from Starbucks former CEO Howard Schultz. Cassidy made the remarks during the March 29 hearing…
Bernie Sanders Announces Subpoena Vote for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced on March 1 that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on issuing a subpoena for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. According to Sanders’s press release, the committee will hold the vote next week on whether they will subpoena Schultz to speak on the company’s potential noncompliance…
Sanders Endorses Both Nelson and Reich For Secretary of Labor Position
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has recommended Sara Nelson and Robert Reich as candidates for U.S. Secretary of Labor. The veteran lawmaker made the endorsements in a Feb. 10 letter to President Joe Biden. Sanders also praised current secretary Martin “Marty” Walsh, who is expected to resign from the post to become executive director of the…
Democrats Speak out About Need to Push for Greater Access to Childcare Relief
February 7, 2023
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Democrats from the House and Senate held a press conference on Feb. 7 ahead of the State of the Union address to discuss their efforts to ensure greater access to childcare relief for working families. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), spoke to the group, highlighting what they believed to be a…
Bernie Sanders Plans War on Big Pharma as HELP Chairman
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning for a war on major pharmaceutical manufacturers as the new chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Sanders, one of the most outspokenly left-wing voices in the more moderate upper chamber, was picked to chair the Democrats’ side of the HELP Committee, which was previously chaired…
Sanders Reacts to Sen. Manchin’s Call to Pause Action on the $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Democrats must act quickly to pass the $3.5 trillion budget resolution, after moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who holds a key vote, called for pausing further action on the bill until the current inflation is assessed. “You can’t slow it down,” Sanders told The New York Times in an interview this weekend…
GOP Sens. Romney, Cotton Say They Will Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage
Two Republican senators have joined the Democrats to call for a minimum wage increase to $15. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he, along with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), will be introducing a bill that will authorize a gradual increase to the $15 minimum wage and ensure that illegal immigrants cannot be hired for the same…
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