Press Releases

At the senators’ recommendation, President Biden nominates Mary Kay Lanthier to be the next District Court judge in the District of Vermont WASHINGTON, May 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) applauded President Biden’s announcement today for his nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge in the District

WASHINGTON, May 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday night spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders amidst the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza: Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: Mr. President, there has been

WASHINGTON, May 21 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a new policy to require companies that make drugs invented by NIH scientists more accessible: Let me thank Dr. Monica Bertagnolli for releasing a plan today

“Student loan debt should never be a life sentence,” wrote the senators. WASHINGTON, May 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), led 13 fellow senators in submitting a public comment letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona of the U.S. Department of Education on President Biden’s proposal to reduce or eliminate federal student

WASHINGTON, May 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders relating to the Israel-Gaza conflict: In the last several years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for political leaders who violate international law and engage in war

WASHINGTON, May 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), on Saturday, May 18, gave the commencement speech at University of New England’s (UNE) graduation ceremony. UNE is the number one provider of health care professionals for the state of Maine and an important health workforce educator for Vermont, New England,