Rep. Bernard Sanders (VT-I)
Honorable Bernard SandersUnited States Representative, Vermont, IndependentRepresentative-at-Large Sanders was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. He served as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, from 1981 to 1989. He is a member of the Financial Services Committee and the Government Reform Committee. The following is from the July 8, 2004, House floor debate on amendments to the Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations Act of 2005.I have a bipartisan amendment at the desk. This amendment, which addresses Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, is supported by citizens across the ideological spectrum, from conservative to progressive. This…
