Press Releases

BURLINGTON, June 17 — Vermont’s congressional delegation — Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I), and Representative Peter Welch (D) — on Monday urged Vermont dairy farmers to consider enrolling in the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, a safety net measure created in the 2018 Farm Bill to help producers manage volatile milk prices and feed costs.  The enrollment

WASHINGTON, June 14—Senator Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement responding to an apparent attack on a pair of oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, and to President Trump’s claim today that “Iran did do it”:   “Attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman are unacceptable and must be fully investigated. But this incident must not be used

WASHINGTON, June 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, wrote to Attorney General William Barr to urge him to investigate 20 generic drug manufacturers for allegedly engaging in an unprecedented, multi-billion-dollar price-fixing conspiracy in violation of federal antitrust law.  “It is

En Español WASHINGTON, June 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) along with seven other cosponsors in the Senate, introduced legislation Tuesday to address the immediate humanitarian needs in the territories, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  The Territories Health Equity Act of 2019 (S. 1773) would correct long-standing inequities in federal health care funding for Medicaid and Medicare, and

WASHINGTON, 11 de Junio – El Senador Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) junto con otros siete coauspiciadores en el Senado, presentaron un proyecto de ley dirigido a las necesidades humanitarias inmediatas en los territorios estadounidenses, incluyendo a Puerto Rico. La Ley de Equidad de la Salud en los Territorios del 2019 corregiría las desigualdades en la distribución de fondos federales para el

WASHINGTON, June 6 – In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), called for the Raise the Wage Act to be brought to the floor of the Senate for an immediate vote. The bill, co-sponsored by 32 members of the Senate, would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024 and index it