PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Floor Speech on Israel, Palestine, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza as Congress Considers Supplemental Spending Legislation

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday evening spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about Israel, Palestine, and the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: M. President, I rise to say a few words about the terrible situation in the Middle East. As you

Read More »

NEWS: Statement from the Vermont Congressional Delegation on the Montpelier Post Office

MONTPELIER, Vt., Nov. 21 – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today issued the following statement: “The U.S. Postal Service’s failure to secure safe and stable postal service facilities in Vermont’s capital city following the catastrophic flooding that displaced their offices on State Street, along with an unwillingness to communicate with the local Montpelier community or their own employees, is a

Read More »

NEWS: Chairman Sanders and All Democratic Members of the HELP Committee Invite Big Pharma CEOs to Testify at Hearing on Outrageously High Drug Prices

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 – In letters signed by every Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.)

Read More »

NEWS: Sanders Announces Fourteenth Annual State of the Union Essay Contest 

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has launched his fourteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students. Each year, the President of the United States delivers the “State of the Union” address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the

Read More »