Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 27 – Students from four Vermont high schools traveled to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on Tuesday, as part of “Vermont Day” organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). This marked the fourth time Vermont students have participated in the non-partisan Kennedy Institute’s innovative programming on democracy, civics and the

WASHINGTON, March 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders released the following statement Wednesday after the Senate passed a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen: “Today, in an historic vote, the United States Senate sent a very important message. We told the world that we will not continue to support Saudi Arabia in causing the worst humanitarian disaster on

WASHINGTON, March 12 – In advance of an expected vote in the Senate Wednesday on a resolution to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement: “The resolution we will vote on in the Senate tomorrow to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen is enormously important and historic. This war

The Trump budget is breathtaking in its degree of cruelty and filled with broken promises. Donald Trump promised the American people that he would be a different type of Republican, that he would be a champion of the working American and that he would not cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. But his budget does the exact opposite of what

WASHINGTON, March 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, issued the following statement on President Donald Trumps’ FY20 budget after it was released Monday: “The Trump budget is breathtaking in its degree of cruelty and filled with broken promises. Donald Trump promised the American people that he would be a different type of Republican, that he

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement Thursday after Wabtec and UE Locals 506 and 618 announced that they have reached an agreement to end the strike at the Company’s Erie, Pennsylvania, manufacturing facility: “Let me congratulate UE Locals 506 and 618 in Erie, Pennsylvania, for their successful effort in standing up for justice and dignity. Their victory is not only a