Press Releases

WASHINGTON, February 7—Today, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) issued a statement following an announcement that the Department of Justice brought an indictment against Ara Aprahamian, the former Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Taro Pharmaceuticals, on charges including conspiring to fix generic drug prices and making false statements

WASHINGTON, February 5 – Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted to convict President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial. Sanders submitted the following statement for the record explaining his decision: Statement for the Record on the Impeachment Trial of President Trump An impeachment trial of a sitting president of the United States is not a matter to be taken lightly.

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 5 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday announced the winners of his tenth annual State of the Union essay contest, which gives Vermont high school students an opportunity to describe which issues they would prioritize if they were president. Over the past 10 years, more than 4,600 students throughout Vermont, representing almost every high school,

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 3 — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that his St. Johnsbury office has moved to a new location. “It is my honor as a United States Senator to fight for the interests of Vermonters across our great state, from Brattleboro to Newport,” said Sen. Sanders. “My outreach representative staff regularly meets with constituents and organizations

WASHINGTON, January 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), together with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.), unveiled the first-ever federal bill to phase out fracking nationwide in the United States. The Ban Fracking Act would institute an immediate federal ban on all new federal permits for fracking-related infrastructure and a ban on fracking within 2,500 feet of homes and