Press Releases

In a sweeping push to address first responder workforce shortages, in rural areas and communities across the country, the EMS Staffing and Support Act follows legislation Sanders introduced last month targeted at the similar staffing crisis afflicting U.S. fire departments. While fire departments have access to already underfunded Federal grants, about 60% of all EMS departments in the country are

WASHINGTON, March 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today announced that the committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, March 30, at 11 a.m., on “The President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal.” Testifying at the hearing will be Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Hearing DetailsWhat: Hearing of the Committee on the

WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday sent a letter to incoming Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz ahead of his announced return to the company, highlighting some of the egregious anti-union efforts the company has undertaken to fight employees who are building a movement to unionize Starbucks locations around the country. “If Starbucks can afford to spend $20 billion

WASHINGTON, March 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), on Monday wrote to Kevin Miller, CEO of the Sciolex Corporation, to express concern over the treatment of Sciolex workers at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Vermont Service Center (VSC). Formerly based in St. Albans, the VSC, now located in

WASHINGTON, March 15 – An amendment – introduced today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to provide over $177 million in mandatory funding for the Nurse Corps program for Fiscal Year 2023, which would double the amount of funding it is receiving from this year – was successfully added to the bipartisan