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Bernie Sanders' Public Statements on Issue: Family

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09/13/2023 NEWS: Murray, Sanders, Clark, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Extend Vital Child Care Funding and Save Millions of Families' Child Care Spots as Funding Cliff Looms
05/30/2023 NEWS: Ahead of HELP Hearing, Sanders and Murray Release Report on Worsening Child Care Crisis, Imminent Funding Cliff
05/17/2023 NEWS: Sanders, DeLauro, 122 Colleagues in the House and Senate Introduce Legislation that Would Finally Guarantee Paid Sick Leave to Workers in America
05/11/2023 NEWS: Sanders, Omar, Gillibrand, Heinrich, McGovern, Moore and Colleagues in House and Senate Seek to Permanently End Child Hunger in Schools
04/07/2023 NEWS: Sanders Holds Four Student Town Meetings on Youth Mental Health in Milton, Fairfax, Montpelier, and Barre
04/04/2023 NEWS: More Than 130 Students from All 14 Vermont Counties Join Sanders' First-Ever "Youth Chess Day"
05/26/2022 NEWS: Sanders Speaks With Students Participating in "Vermont Day" at the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate
05/23/2022 Letter to Robert Ford, Chair and CEO of Abbot Laboratories - King Seeking Relief for Maine Mothers Amid Formula Shortage
05/13/2022 Letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America - Warner, Kaine, Colleagues Push Infant Formula Manufacturers to Address Shortages and Get Formula on Shelves
04/18/2022 Letter to Xavier Becerraa, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Kaine Calls on Administration to Expand Access to Affordable Child Care
04/14/2022 Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senator Baldwin Joins Colleagues in Calling on Administration to Expand Access to Affordable Child Care
03/03/2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Feinstein, Heinrich, Colleagues Urge Extension of USDA Support for School Meal Programs as Schools Transition Back to Normal Operations
03/01/2022 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture - Representatives Young, Moore Lead 112 House and Senate Colleagues in Urging USDA to Update the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Packages, Ensure Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Families
02/23/2022 Letter to Hon. Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Lead Bipartisan Call for Diaper Banks Funding in Final FY2022 Appropriations Package
01/28/2022 Tweet - "The United States is the only major country on Earth not to guarantee paid family and medical leave. 73% of the American people want that to change. What are we waiting for?"
12/23/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith Push HHS to Help Protect Families This Winter During Energy Crisis
11/30/2021 Tweet - "119. That's how many days of paid leave new moms are guaranteed in Canada. Do you know how many days of paid leave they're guaranteed in the United States? Z-E-R-O. What a disgrace."
08/09/2021 NEWS: Senate Budget Chairman Sanders and Majority Leader Schumer Introduce Historic Budget Resolution
07/15/2021 Sanders Calls Budget Deal "Most Consequential Legislation Since the Great Depression'
06/25/2021 Wyden, Merkley Unveil Key Legislation to Make Historic Investment in Care Economy
06/03/2021 Letter to the Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, and the Hon. Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and urban Development - Velazquez Gillibrand, and 27 Bicameral Members of Congress Call on Biden Administration to Reestablish Obama-Era Affordable Housing Program
05/28/2021 Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders Announce Nearly $4 Million in Grants for Youth Summer Programs
05/17/2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Menendez, Booker Join Democratic Colleagues In Support Of HHS Title X Rule To Reverse The Trump Administration's Gag Rule
04/29/2021 Jayapal, Markey, and Lawmakers Introduce THRIVE Act
04/23/2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Padilla Joins Effort to Urge Biden Administration to Invest $700 Billion in Universal Child Care in the American Families Plan
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