Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Income Inequality: The United States has the 4th-highest wealth inequality in the world, according to Inequality for All,” a film by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich that was featured at a special showing Sunday in South Burlington, Vt. Its a moral issue. We are seeing a middle class disappearing, more people living in poverty than any time in the history of this country and yet the top 1 percent is doing phenomenally well, Sen. Bernie Sanders said on WCAX-TV. State of the Union: Sen. Sanders told Politico he hopes President Obama uses Tuesday’s State of the Union address to make clear he will not cut programs for working families. “I hope that the president will make it very clear that when the middle class is struggling and we have more people today living in poverty than any time in American history, that we are not going to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.” State of the Union: As the president prepares his State of the Union speech, environmental advocates say he should use the speech to reaffirm his commitment to action on climate change. “I hope that he would be as forceful as he can to make it clear that we are facing a global crisis, that bold action is needed, and that the United States can and should lead the way on this issue,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee. “When you are addressing what the scientific community believes is the greatest crisis facing our planet you have got to make it a major, major priority. You just can’t walk away from it,” Sen. Sanders told the Burlington Free Press. Veterans: A wide-ranging bill to help veterans could come up soon before the Senate. The bill that Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Sanders plans to introduce aims to expand health care and dental care for veterans as well as access to education benefits. It would also void the recent 1 percent cut in cost-of-living benefits for working-age military retirees, AP Radio News reported on WBBM-AM, Chicago’s all-news radio, KDKA-AM in Pittsburgh and other stations. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/012714
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:19:30 +0000
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