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Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

Since 2016, 14 top pharmaceutical companies spent $577 billion on stock buybacks and dividends – $56 billion more than research and development. We must lower the outrageous price of prescription drugs in budget reconciliation and use the savings to expand Medicare with 51 votes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Posted July 8, 2021

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Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

You will forgive me for not having a lot of patience when some of my colleagues in the Senate tell me that we can’t afford to act on climate change. Really? The question that we must be asking, as loudly as possible, is how we can afford not to act? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 7, 2021

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Firenados in northern California. Ocean fires in the Gulf of Mexico. Subway waterfalls in New York City. A heat dome in the Northwest melting power cables, killing hundreds and frying marine animals. I have been told that combatting climate change is expensive. Compared to what? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 9, 2021