Sanders Statement on Defeat of Republican Health Care Bill
BURLINGTON, Vt., March 24 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Friday after House Republican leaders pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor: “The defeat of the disastrous Trump-Ryan health care bill is a major victory for the working families of this country and for the hundreds of thousands who attended
Sanders Opposes Gorsuch
WASHINGTON, March 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday on the nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to be an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court: “Americans deserve a Supreme Court justice who respects the rights of workers to be treated fairly instead of bowing to big business. We cannot stand
Sanders: Reject SEC Nominee
WASHINGTON, March 22 – At a rally Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for the defeat of the Wall Street lawyer whom President Donald Trump wants to regulate Wall Street. “We need somebody who is prepared to confront the system, not someone who is part of the system,” Sanders said of former Goldman Sachs counsel Jay
Sanders and Cummings Request Pricing Info From PTC Therapeutics for Critical Drug
WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested information Wednesday from PTC Therapeutics, Inc. about the price they intend to charge for the brand name version of deflazacourt, a drug used to treat a deadly genetic muscle deterioration disorder. PTC recently purchased
Joint Statement Of The Vermont Congressional Delegation On ICE Enforcement Actions In Vermont
March 20, 2017– “We have expressed our serious concerns to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about these arrests of several farmworkers and farmworker advocates. We are also reaching out to ICE about the potential impact in Vermont of President Trump’s executive order calling for increased immigration enforcement. Instead of focusing on removing those people who pose a threat to public