Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 18 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claims that the United States should be supplying Israel with additional weapons and ammunitions in its war against Gaza: Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu put out a video attacking the United States for not sending him bombs fast enough.

WASHINGTON, June 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday, June 20 at 9:00 a.m. ET, will lead the committee in a hearing titled, “The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low, Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools.” “If we are serious about the need for

WASHINGTON, June 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement regarding the ongoing state-backed settler violence, deepening occupation, and violations of U.S. and international law taking place in the West Bank: While the world is understandably focused on the destruction unfolding in Gaza, we should not lose sight of what is happening in the West Bank –

The hearing will focus on the outrageously high cost of Ozempic and Wegovy  WASHINGTON, June 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced today that Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jørgensen has reconsidered his position and has agreed to testify voluntarily on a solo panel before the Committee. The hearing will

WASHINGTON, June 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry published a report on its investigation into the war in Israel and Palestine: The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry just published a report following their in-depth investigation of the war in Israel and Palestine. The Commission