SANDERS, BERNARD (a Senator from Vermont)

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access (S. 1383), S1213, S1214 [18MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S139 [12JA], S175 [13JA], S221 [14JA]

Depts. of Defense, Education, Homeland Security, HHS, HUD, Labor, and Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 7148), S392 [29JA], S414, S422 [30JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities against Iran (see S.J. Res. 104), S683 [25FE]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela (see S.J. Res. 98), S51 [6JA]

Business and industry: promote transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work (see S. 2488), S553 [10FE]

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse: tribute (see S. Res. 585), S257 [15JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to Capitol personnel on anniversary of January 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol (see S. Res. 574), S50 [6JA]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 617), S707 [26FE]

Cryptocurrency: prohibit bailouts of digital asset market participant (see S. 4157), S1367 [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand national organic certification cost-share program into comprehensive organic program (see S. 3717), S344 [28JA]

——— restore competition in meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers (see S. 4007), S881 [5MR]

——— transition Puerto Rico to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3958), S731 [2MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see S. 1709), S16 [5JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: limit use of facial recognition (see S. 3779), S489 [4FE]

——— provide standards for facilities at which aliens in custody are detained (see S. 3702), S290 [27JA]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections (see S. 4081), S1046 [12MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize representatives of veterans service organizations to promote certain benefits available to veterans during Transition Assistance Program preseparation counseling (see S. 3938), S706 [26FE]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see S.J. Res. 103), S291 [27JA]

——— improve schedule for rating disabilities (see S. 4140), S1367 [19MR]

Disasters: ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters (see S. 3628), S162 [13JA]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 3959), S731 [2MR]

Employment: prevent workplace harassment, end mandatory arbitration and pre-employment non-disclosure agreements, expand civil rights protections, empower workers who report harassment, and eliminate tipped minimum wage (see S. 3865), S609 [12FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit awarding of contracts to inverted domestic corporations (see S. 3811), S533 [9FE]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see S. 3823), S552 [10FE]

Food industry: prohibit retail food stores from price gouging and engaging in surveillance-based price setting practices (see S. 3892), S1092 [17MR]

FTC: report to Congress on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in advertising or marketing of firearms and issue regulations to prohibit such acts or practices (see S. 3875), S609 [12FE]

IRS: codify Direct File program (see S. 3948), S706 [26FE]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: tribute (see S. Res. 629), S1048 [12MR]

Medicare: provide coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation (see S. 3730), S377 [29JA]

National Museum of African American History and Culture: support African-American history education programs (see S. 3953), S707 [26FE]

National Public Schools Week: designate (see S. Res. 621), S707 [26FE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 596), S489 [4FE]

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 601), S510 [5FE]

Nuclear weapons: express support for continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces (see S. Res. 61), S535 [9FE]

Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program Foundation: provide for selection of fiscal agent (see S. 3833), S577 [11FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 3991), S802 [4MR]

Social Security: exclude from income certain cost of living adjustments for determining eligibility and benefits for disabled individuals for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3603), S115 [8JA]

SSI: update eligibility (see S. 4001), S881 [5MR]

Taxation: deny interest and depreciation deductions for certain taxpayers (see S. 3904), S650 [24FE]

——— equalize treatment of capital gains and earned income (see S. 4122), S1090 [17MR]

——— impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (see S. 4111), S1090 [17MR]

——— make certain modifications to tax income required to fund basic living expenses (see S. 4083), S1046 [12MR]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 3847), S577 [11FE]

Transgender Bill of Rights: develop and implement to protect and codify rights of transgender and nonbinary people under law and ensure access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security (see S. Res. 604), S578 [11FE]

Tucson, AZ: anniversary of shootings at ‘‘Congress on Your Corner’’ event and honor survivors, victims, including former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords for her work to end gun violence (see S. Con. Res. 25), S115 [8JA]

Unemployment: provide that individuals engaged in labor disputes may receive unemployment benefits (see S. 2731), S534 [9FE]

Venezuela: prohibit Federal funding to support oil and petroleum infrastructure without congressional approval (see S. 3621), S161 [13JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Energy: impose moratorium on construction of new data centers until legislation is enacted that safeguards public from dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) (see S. 4214), S1614 [25MR]

Employment: allow employees to earn paid sick time to address their health needs, health needs of their families, or to seek assistance relative to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault (see S. 3869), S609 [12FE]

Israel: disapprove licensing for certain defense articles and services (see S.J. Res. 136), S1367 [19MR]

——— disapprove sale of certain defense articles and services (see S.J. Res. 137, 138), S1367 [19MR]

Public buildings: prohibit naming, renaming, designating, or redesignating of any Federal building, land, or other asset in name of sitting U.S. President (see S. 3622), S161 [13JA]

Taxation: impose tax on certain high net worth households and trusts and use revenue to address issues of working families (see S. 3956), S731 [2MR]

Essays

State of the Union: Ada Allen, S757• [3MR]

——— Alice Buhendwa, S758• [3MR]

——— Amelia Hill, S759• [3MR]

——— Andrew Walsh, S761• [3MR]

——— Hana Heidebrecht, S759• [3MR]

——— Jumana Nsour, S760• [3MR]

——— Kai Pincus, S760• [3MR]

——— Liam Dickerson, S758• [3MR]

——— Matthew Mallory, S760• [3MR]

——— Max Clegg, S757• [3MR]

——— Piper Buczkowski, S758• [3MR]

——— Quinn Sheldon, S760• [3MR]

——— Quinten Drugach, S758• [3MR]

——— Saralynn Anderson, S756 [3MR]

——— Sophie Hehir, S759• [3MR]

Remarks

Artificial intelligence (AI): enable safe, responsible, and agile procurement, development, and use, S673 [25FE], S1317 [19MR], S1584–S1587 [24MR]

Dept. of Energy: impose moratorium on construction of new data centers until legislation is enacted that safeguards public from dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) (S. 4214), S1587 [24MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: rescind certain U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding and transfer to Medicaid, S415 [30JA]

——— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding, S329 [28JA], S411 [30JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access (S. 1383), House amendment, S1316 [19MR]

Depts. of Defense, Education, Homeland Security, HHS, HUD, Labor, and Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 7148), S415 [30JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 7148), motion to proceed, S329 [28JA]

Economy: address unequal distribution of wealth and income, S411 [30JA]

——— address unequal distribution of wealth and income and growing threat of oligarchy in U.S., S331 [28JA]

Minneapolis, MN: shooting of Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, S331 [28JA]

Taxation: impose tax on certain high net worth households and trusts and use revenue to address issues of working families (S. 3956), S1317 [19MR]

Trump, President: deployment of Federal agents and/or military personnel to conduct law enforcement operations in U.S. cities, S329 [28JA], S411 [30JA]

——— evaluation of administration relative to immigration, S329 [28JA]

Vermont: tribute to State of the Union essay contest finalists, S758• [3MR]

——— tribute to State of the Union essay contest judges, S757• [3MR]

——— tribute to State of the Union essay contest winners, S756• [3MR]

Voting: require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, S1316 [19MR]