Honorable Bernie Sanders
United States Senator, Vermont, Independent
Senator Sanders was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. He served as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, from 1981 to 1989 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 2006. In the 115th Congress, he sat on the following committees: Budget, where he was the Ranking Minority Member; Veterans’ Affairs; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The following is from the December 12, 2018, Senate floor debate on S.J. Res. 54, directing the removal of United States armed forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not…
