Sanders, Larson Call for Strengthening Social Security After GAO Study Examines Disability Wait Times
WASHINGTON, August 13 – Today, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-Conn.) responded to new findings from a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study they commissioned which found that thousands of American die or go bankrupt waiting to receive their disability benefits each year. “It is absolutely unconscionable that thousands of
Sanders, Colleagues Introduce Tax on Billionaire Wealth Gains to Provide Health Care for All
WASHINGTON, August 6 – Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a 60-percent tax on the windfall wealth increases of billionaires during this pandemic in order to pay for all out-of-pocket medical expenses for every person in America for a year. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) introduced companion legislation in the House. The Make Billionaires Pay
Sanders Speech: Do-Nothing Republicans Abandon Working Class in Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Today, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) lambasted the Republican legislative “response” to the coronavirus crisis, and denounced the shameful inaction of the Republican-controlled Senate. “What everybody should understand is that over two and a half months ago, the House did its job and responded to the enormous pain and suffering of the
Sen. Sanders Announces $3 Million in Federal Funds for Affordable Housing in Vermont
BURLINGTON, August 5 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Wednesday that Vermont will receive $3 million from the National Housing Trust Fund to build, preserve and rehabilitate affordable rental housing for extremely low-income families. This is the fifth year in a row that Vermont will receive a $3 million allocation from the trust fund, which Sanders helped create. Sanders
Sanders Supports Ending Filibuster
WASHINGTON, July 30 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the filibuster: “President Obama is absolutely right. It is an outrage that modern-day poll taxes, gerrymandering, I.D. requirements, and other forms of voter suppression still exist today. We must pass a comprehensive agenda to guarantee the rights and dignity of everyone in this country. And that means,
