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Bernie Sanders: “I was chairman of a committee called the Health Education…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Fighting Oligarchy with Bernie Sanders in Altoona (Broadcast at 630PM ET).

Published | Video Starts at 41:16

And then more recently, he has claimed. That Ukraine started the horrific war with Russia. But it was not just Trump. A couple of months ago, and I. Had worked very hard. I was chairman of a committee called the Health Education Labor Committee. and we work really hard on some public health programs which would have expanded funding for community health centers, would have lowered the cost of prescription drugs as part of a bigger bill called the Continuing Resolution. (41:16–41:19)

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