Sanders Responds to Trump’s Iran Deal Announcement
BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 13 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday after President Donald Trump disavowed the international nuclear deal with Iran and declared his intention not to certify Iran’s compliance with the agreement: “President Trump’s speech today was the latest in a series of rash and reckless moves that make Americans less safe. By refusing to re-certify the
Sanders Visits Solar Regional Testing Center
WILLISTON, Vt., Oct. 12 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) applauded the “cutting-edge role Vermont is playing in researching, testing and deploying solar energy,” during a visit to the U.S. Department of Energy’s solar testing site in Williston on Thursday morning. The Vermont Regional Test Center (RTC) is one of five such facilities in the United States that give manufacturers
Sanders Statement on Trump’s Harrisburg Speech
BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 11 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech on tax reform in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: “Donald Trump is going to Pennsylvania to tell truck drivers how his tax plan will benefit them. Unfortunately, once again, the president is lying. “His tax plan, based on the widely discredited theory of ‘trickle
Sanders Joins Feinstein, Blumenthal to Introduce Bill to Close Automatic Weapon Loophole
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) at a press conference Wednesday to introduce the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, a bill to close a loophole that allows semi-automatic weapons to be easily modified to fire at the rate of automatic weapons, which have been illegal for more than 30 years.
GOP Budget Would Gut Medicare, Medicaid, Other Key Programs
Senate Republicans recently released their budget for 2018. Following the lead of previous Republican budgets written by President Donald Trump – and by Paul Ryan and Tom Price before him – the Senate Republicans’ budget would make devastating cuts to programs working families rely on, while giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy, according to a new report by Senate Budget Committee