Press Releases

MONTPELIER, Vt.,  March 22 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) testified by phone Thursday morning at a hearing of the Vermont House Committee on Health Care about the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. The House committee is considering S. 175, which is sponsored by Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe (D/P-Chittenden). The legislation addresses the wholesale importation of prescription

WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Budget Committee and a member of Democratic leadership, welcomed the $480 million increase in funding to the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the omnibus appropriations bill as a victory for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and SSA personnel who are overworked and underpaid.  This marks the first

WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday on the appropriations bill released last night to fund the federal government through September 30: “As the ranking member of the Budget Committee and a member of Democratic leadership, I am proud of the many initiatives that I fought for in this budget that will help Vermont’s working families, the elderly, the

WASHINGTON, March 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after the Senate voted to table a resolution that would have directed the removal of U.S. military forces from hostilities in Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress: “I am deeply disappointed that Congress has once again abdicated its constitutional responsibility to authorize war. Time and time again,

WASHINGTON, March 20 – A national town hall on inequality in America hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and The Guardian, The Young Turks, NowThis and Act.tv drew an estimated 1.7 million live viewers Tuesday night, rivaling the viewership of cable news in primetime. By Tuesday morning, nearly 2.5 million views had accumulated on the town hall video across all platforms. Sanders’ first

WASHINGTON, March 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis Wednesday asking him to address the excessive compensation of defense contractors, the widespread misconduct and fraud in the defense contracting industry and massive cost overruns in the acquisition budget. Last year, the CEOs of Lockheed Martin and