NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Retirement Savings Stagnate for Middle-Class Americans, While the Wealthy See Huge Gains
Report shows that retirement account disparities have increased by income and persisted by race over time WASHINGTON, July 28 — According to a new report – commissioned in 2020 by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chairman of the Committee on the Budget, and released yesterday by the Government Accountability
NEWS: Wyden and Sanders Joint Statement on Expanding Primary Care and Health Care Workforce in America
WASHINGTON, July 27 – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued a joint statement signaling a commitment from both Finance and HELP to partner and work towards legislation aimed at addressing primary care and other health care workforce shortages across the country: “In our
NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 29 Democratic Senators, Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage to $17 by 2028, Benefitting Nearly 28 Million Workers Across America
If the minimum wage had increased with productivity over the last 50 years, it would be $23 an hour today. If it had increased at the same rate that Wall Street employee bonuses have increased, it would be more than $42 an hour. WASHINGTON, July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Welch, Balint, and Scott to Hold Statewide Telephone Town Meeting on Vermont’s Flooding Disaster
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch, Rep. Becca Balint, and Gov. Phil Scott will hold a statewide telephone town meeting on Vermont’s flooding disaster this Wednesday, July 26 to answer questions and provide information on the federal and state response to the disaster, as well as how to access aid available to individuals, homeowners, farms,
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Markup on Bipartisan Apprenticeship and Other Workforce Development Legislation
WASHINGTON, July 25 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday, July 27 will hold a markup of critical bipartisan legislation to expand high-quality economic opportunities for workers across the country through apprenticeships and other workforce development programs. Currently, there are nearly 27,000 registered apprenticeship programs in the United States serving more than 600,000 apprentices. This package
