Press Releases

WASHINGTON, July 2 — In response to news of deplorable conditions faced by detainees at border facilities recently visited by members of Congress, as well as revelations that nearly 10,000 current and former Border Patrol agents were involved in a secret Facebook group in which racist and sexist posts were commonplace, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement: “We have all seen horrific images

WASHINGTON, June 27 – One hundred experts in the fields of law, economics, and education wrote an open letter to the U.S. Congress in support of the College for All Act, introduced earlier this week by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). The groundbreaking legislation guarantees free public college and trade school for

WASHINGTON, June 27 –The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced a public meeting to be held in Vernon, Vermont to discuss the best practices and lessons learned associated with community and citizen advisory boards (“CABs”) associated with decommissioning plant activities, like those ongoing in Vernon relating to the decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The meetings are required under a

(En Español) WASHINGTON, June 27 –Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, led six Senators in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue probing the Trump administration’s failure to release emergency nutrition assistance funds to Puerto Rico already

WASHINGTON, 27 de junio -El senador Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), miembro de mayor rango de la minoría del Comité de Presupuesto en el Senado de los Estados Unidos, envió una carta al director de la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto (OMB, por sus siglas en inglés), Mick Mulvaney, y al Secretario del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por

WASHINGTON, June 24 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) unveiled landmark legislation today to eliminate tuition and fees at all public four-year colleges and universities, as well as make community colleges, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs tuition- and fee-free for all. The three lawmakers’ proposal also eliminates all $1.6 trillion in student