March 29, 2019

Sanders Statement on Monsanto-Bayer Deal 2016

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after Monsanto agreed to a buyout offer from Bayer in a deal that would create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals:

“The attempted takeover of Monsanto by Bayer is a threat to all Americans. These mergers boost the profits of huge corporations and leave Americans paying even higher prices. Not only should this merger be blocked, but the Department of Justice should reopen its investigation of Monsanto’s monopoly over the seed and chemical market.”

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-monsanto-bayer-deal

March 29, 2019

Bernie Sanders: Victory Against Monsanto (3/24/1994)

Published on Jul 23, 2015
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)congratulates the VT state legislature for passing hormone labelling requirements and urges the FDA to adopt similar stronger regulations to protect consumers against agribusiness practices, such as those by Monsanto, that subject consumers unknowingly to hormones and chemicals through the food and dairy supply.

March 29, 2019

Bernie Sanders: Monsanto and the FDA (6/17/1994)

Published on Jul 23, 2015
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discusses on the House floor the use of hormones and chemicals by agribusiness corporations, like Monsanto, and the inaction of the FDA to provide adequate consumer regulations and protections.

March 29, 2019

Sen. Sanders on the Farm Bill 2012

Published on Jun 20, 2012
Senator Sanders visits the Ed Show to discuss the Farm Bill and its cuts to food stamps. The $4 billion in cuts will affect the poorest children and senior citizens in the nation during these tough economic times.

March 29, 2019

Bernie Sanders: Decentralizing Agriculture (10/28/1993)

Published on Jul 22, 2015
Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) advocates for the decentralization of agriculture, arguing that mass production and mega-farming quash family farming traditions and interfere with ethical consumer food choices.

March 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders: I'll fight for farmers against powerful agribusiness

Bernie Sanders, Guest columnist Published 11:06 a.m. CT March 28, 2019

Excerpts:

In the end, the desperation felt by families in rural communities is about basic economic rights and freedom. Farmers have been systematically stripped of their ability to control their own futures and no longer know whether their hard work will earn them future success and stability. Storefronts are empty and farmers have been forced to sell their land that has been kept in families for generations to massive corporations.

For the massive agribusinesses that control much of rural America, it’s a different story. These corporations have seen profits skyrocket and compensation packages for CEOs increase to record levels.

But nothing sums up our rigged agricultural industry quite like the Bayer-Monsanto megamerger.

The prices for corn seed have doubled and prices for chemicals used in farming have roughly tripled in the last 30 years. Yet, the Trump administration was happy to give these two conglomerates 78 percent of the corn seed market. While that deal could end up further jacking up seed prices for Iowa corn farmers, the CEO of Monsanto was rewarded with a golden parachute worth up to $32 million.

This massive transfer of wealth from working people in America’s heartland to corporate CEOs is having more than just a financial toll on rural America. It has led to personal pain as entire rural communities are devastated by opioid addiction and a too-often-ignored mental health crisis has led to a spike in farmer suicides.

This is not happening by accident. It is the result of Washington putting the interests of the top 1 percent first. That is why, now more than ever, we need policies that represent the needs of working people and family farmers, not big agribusiness and multinational corporations.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/caucus/2019/03/28/bernie-sanders-president-2020-caucus-agribusiness-factory-farming-rural-america-iowa-flood-trump-ceo/3297096002/

March 28, 2019

Thank you @OurArcticRefuge for coming to talk with @SenSanders ...

https://twitter.com/Silvers4Sanders/status/1111286782778359808

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March 28, 2019

Medicare for All is about freedom.

Published on Mar 28, 2019
Medicare for all is about freedom and the right to pursue happiness.

March 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders renews his #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge and calls on candidates everywhere to join him

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1111267731528208384

March 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders Budget Hearing - Destroys Republican Agenda

Published on Mar 27, 2019
Today, Wednesday March 27th Bernie sanders absolutely exposes the Republican budget agenda and how it would hurt working class Americans.