Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (I-Vt.) is publicly pushing President Trump to pledge to veto any legislation that would cut entitlement programs.

“The American people are ... still waiting for that one tweet which says: I will keep my promise. I will not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and if Republicans give me legislation to do that, I will veto that legislation,” Sanders said from the Senate floor on Thursday night.

He added the president “could save us a whole lot of time” if he made a similar call to congressional Republicans.

“Say, 'Hey, save your efforts. Don't waste your time if you bring me legislation that will cut Social Security, cut Medicare, cut Medicaid I am going to veto it,’ ” he said.

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Sanders’s speech comes hours before the Senate is expected to take a final vote on Rep. Tom Price’s (R-Ga.) nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which will give him wide sway over the future of the programs.

Sanders, reading a series of statements from Trump, argued that Price is the “exact opposite” of what the real estate mogul pledged during his White House campaign.

"He ran a campaign in which he said over and over again: I am a different type of Republican. I am not going to cut Social Security. I am not going to to cut Medicare, and I am not going to cut Medicaid,” he said.

Trump bragged during the campaign that he was the first candidate to pledge not to cut the three programs.

I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied me. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2015

Sanders urged Trump on Thursday to “keep your word.”

“We don't need an HHS secretary who will end Medicare as we know it,” he said. “We need an HHS secretary who will protect and expand Medicare.”