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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/111815 | News November 18 | 2015-11-18 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News November 18 Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Senator Sanders PBS NewsHour Senator Bernie Sanders joined PBS NewsHour last night to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis. The good news, in the midst of all of this tragedy, is that countries all over the world, whether it is France, whether it is Russia, whether it is the Muslim countries in the Gulf region, we now have a common interest, Sanders said. Sanders also discussed the current anti-Muslim bigotry in the GOP race Last I heard, we had a Constitution in this country which gave all of our people the right of religious freedom, you know? And then Im hearing other people saying, well, you know, we may have to undermine the Constitution in terms of civil liberties. LINK, VIDEO F.D.A. Commissioner Sen. Bernie Sanders raised questions at a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday about Dr. Robert Califfs ties to the pharmaceutical industry,The Associated Press,The New York Times,The Washington Post,The HillandWashington Examinerreported. At the end of the day, people are dying and not buying the food they need because they have to pay outrageous prices for medicine, Sanders said. Weve been extraordinarily weak at taking on the pharmaceutical industry that has been ripping off the American people. I believe we need a commissioner whos going to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry and protect American consumers. And I have to say to you, with regret, that I think you are not that person.LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK,LINK Syrian Refugees Sen. Sanders slammed calls to shut the borders to Syrian refugees, telling supporters at a Monday night campaign rally that "now is not the time for demagoguery and fear-mongering, Politico, Reuters,FusionandThe Washington Postreported. The United States must not turn its backs on refugees fleeing violence from places like Syria or Afghanistan, he said, on the same day that governors of more than two dozen states said that they would try to stop the flow of immigrants from Syria out of concerns stemming from the fact that one of the terrorists in Friday's deadly attacks in France came from Syria. LINK, LINK,LINK,VIDEO World Two Terror Suspects Dead Gunshots and explosions rang out from the northern suburb of Saint-Denis early Wednesday as more than 100 French police and army troops laid siege to an apartment with at least six terror suspects, potentially including the alleged ringleader of Fridays deadly attacks in Paris, The Washington Post reported. LINK National Syrian Refugee Plan As Republicans call for blocking Syrian refugees from coming to the United States in the wake of the attacks in Paris, the Obama administration said on Tuesday that it was confident that it could weed out any migrants posing a terrorism threat before they entered the country, The New York Times reported. LINK Student Debt The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it would expand its program to forgive federal student loan debt to thousands more students who attended programs of Corinthian Colleges, once one of the nations largest for-profit education companies, The New York Times reported. LINK Vermont Rally Against Refugees H. Brooke Paige, a candidate in several past Vermont elections, has announced a rally against the governor's willingness to accept Syrian refugees, the Burlington Free Press reported. Gov. Peter Shumlin said Monday that Vermont would continue to welcome refugees, including those from Syria, despite other governors around the country who shut their doors following terrorist attacks in Paris. Paige intends to run for governor in 2016, Vermont Press Bureau and others have reported. LINK | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |