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Bernie Sanders: “We have, over the years, gone a long way to help people…”

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

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Vermont Congressional Delegation Telephone Town Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 1:36:29

Well, I know, I think I speak for most from honors and most Americans who have a sense of pride that they know that their support is keeping some of the poorest children in the world alive. We have, over the years, gone a long way to help people abroad in Africa and elsewhere deal with HIV and other epidemics. What are we as a country? I mean, do we take pride in saying that somebody can, for $5 million, buy citizenship, and then we cut back the kind of aid that we give to the most desperate people in the world? (1:36:29–1:36:40)

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Asserts that the U.S. has significantly contributed to combating HIV and other epidemics abroad.

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