Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s speech on the budget deficit: “The very serious deficit crisis that we are in today is the result of the severe recession caused by Wall Street greed, two unpaid-for wars, huge tax breaks for the rich,

WASHINGTON, April 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will vote against a bill that cuts more than $38 billion from programs that help working families without calling for shared sacrifice by the wealthiest Americans. Bush-era tax breaks for the very rich were extended and expanded last December – driving up the deficit.  “Today, in order to reduce

WASHINGTON. April 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today on a proposal by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that would dismantle Medicare and continue tax giveaways for the wealthy: “Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget proposal is extraordinarily unfair.  At a time when the wealthiest people are becoming wealthier,

WASHINGTON, April 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Tik Root, a Middlebury College student, was released from custody in Syria.        “We are delighted that he’s coming home safe and sound to his family and friends in Vermont.”

WASHINGTON, March 31 – Under court order, the Federal Reserve today identified more banks that took loans during the financial crisis using a once-secret system that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called “welfare for the rich and powerful.” A Sanders provision in the Wall Street reform law already had forced the Fed last Dec. 1 to name banks that took trillions