Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched his 17th annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students. Each year, the president of the United States delivers an address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Sanders knows that great ideas can come from everyone — not just those

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 — Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) released a joint statement underscoring their opposition to year-end funding that does not restrict President Trump’s ability to continue his war on Iran:  “The American people have been clear: We must end President Trump’s illegal and disastrous war with Iran. This

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) today led 111 of their colleagues to demand that the Trump administration immediately restore the Solar for All program — a landmark initiative to help working-class families afford rooftop solar and community-based solar energy. In 2022, Sanders wrote and passed the Solar

WASHINGTON, October 7 — After the Trump administration proposed removing over 90% of Head Start’s standards and leaving children nationwide to face the possibility of becoming ineligible overnight, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and 188 members

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today released the Ban Flock Act, legislation to put an end to the rise in AI-powered surveillance cameras that track Americans across the country. The Ban Flock Act would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and block federal funding