Press Releases

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt., May 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) met with roughly  325 Vermont high school students Friday to discuss job training and career opportunities after graduation. Students from the Burlington Technical Center, Essex Center for Technology, Essex High School and Northwest Technical Center participated in the discussion. Sanders, who serves on the Senate education committee, was joined

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 18 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday after reports that the Trump administration will ban family planning clinics that receive Title X federal funds from discussing abortion with women, or sharing space with abortion providers: “Today’s announcement of the ‘domestic gag rule’ which will prevent abortion providers from receiving Title X funds

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 16 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined an effort with 10 other senators calling on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and other administration officials to immediately release a study reportedly being kept secret by the Trump administration which shows that perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are dangerous at far lower levels than EPA previously said was safe. Since 2016,

WASHINGTON, May 16 – Following weeks of violence in Gaza, during which roughly 100 Palestinians have been killed and some 10,000 wounded by Israeli snipers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 12 of his Democratic Senate colleagues called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “do more to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.” “The territory’s lack of

WASHINGTON, May 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after more than 50 Palestinians were killed and 2,200 wounded by Israeli troops along the border fence with Gaza: “More than 50 killed in Gaza today and 2,000 wounded, on top of the 41 killed and more than 9,000 wounded over the past weeks. This is a staggering toll. Hamas violence

Burlington, Vt., May 11 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday in response to President Donald Trump’s address on drug prices: “Today, the president made clear that he will not keep the promises he made during the campaign to lower the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs. Instead, he has become a supporter of the pharmaceutical