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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, pressed executives from Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck and Johnson & Johnson about the prices they charge for drugs in the U.S. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.

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Special counsel Robert Mueller leaves after making a statement about the Russia investigation on Wednesday at the Justice Department. After the investigation, he said, "if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so." Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Andrew Wheeler arrives Wednesday to testify at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., sponsored the resolution to withdraw U.S. military aid from the war in Yemen with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. He argues the move will garner international notice as the conflict continues. Zach Gibson/Getty Images hide caption

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Senate Votes To End U.S. Support For War In Yemen, Rebuking Trump And Saudi Arabia

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Bernie Sanders, pictured in 2016, insists progressive proposals touted by candidates in 2018 midterms demonstrates strength of movement in key battleground states Lydia Thompson/NPR hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned a shooting at a congressional baseball practice allegedly carried out by one of his supporters. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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