Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former chair and current member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, last week hosted Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cabinet Secretary Denis McDonough on a two-day visit to see firsthand Vermont’s health care system for veterans and hear directly from the veterans it serves. Throughout the trip, Sanders and

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 11 – Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough this week will visit Vermont to tour some of the state’s VA medical facilities after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) invited him to see Vermont’s health care system for veterans first hand and hear directly from the veterans it serves. Sen. Sanders and Secretary McDonough will visit the

WASHINGTON, April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week sent a letter to interns, residents and fellows of the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) in support of their efforts to form a union. Sanders recently met with UVMMC residents who shared with him how organizing a union would lead not only to decent wages and better working conditions, but also

WASHINGTON, April 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the next Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court: Let me congratulate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her confirmation to the Supreme Court, and on her lifetime of service that has

WASHINGTON, April 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday called for a “strategic pause” on corporate welfare to profitable companies during remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. M. President: I look forward to offering two roll call votes on Motions to Instruct Conferees to the so-called “competitiveness” bill based on