Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 6 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump, amid budget negotiations, demanded $18 billion to construct more than 700 miles of barriers along the border with Mexico: “I am not sure why President Trump wants to shut down the government over a multi-billion dollar wall that no one wants, is not needed

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 5 – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sharply criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Friday for his efforts to end seven years of budget agreements regarding parity for defense and non-defense spending. Sanders feared that McConnell was pushing the Senate toward a government shutdown with his efforts to end these longstanding bipartisan agreements. Sanders said: “I

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday in response to reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind an Obama administration policy that shielded legalized marijuana from federal intervention: “No, Attorney General Sessions. Marijuana is not the same as heroin. No one who has seriously studied the issue believes that marijuana should be classified

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 3 – The deadline for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) eighth annual State of the Union essay contest is one week from today. Vermont high school students must submit their essays on the senator’s website by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10. As the president prepares to give his State of the Union speech to a joint

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 27 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday regarding the Republican tax plan: “The Republicans are so desperate to spin their disastrous tax plan that they have resorted to taking comments I recently made completely out of context. Let me set the record straight. “The Trump-Republican tax plan is one of the worst