Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 1 – In an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said, “My view is a federal minimum wage is a terrible idea. A terrible idea…. And I would argue against state and local but that’s up to the states and localities.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded to Kudlow’s

Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to Jeff Bezos, the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, to request information about the distribution of anti-union materials that potentially encourage illegal interference with thousands of workers’ rights at Whole Foods, Amazon’s recently acquired subsidiary. The letter follows a recent report from Gizmodo about a

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 15 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday:  “The recent disappearance and likely assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi only underscores how urgent it has become for the United States to redefine our relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “Since 2015, the Saudi-led war in Yemen has become the world’s largest humanitarian

MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Oct. 12 – Dozens of people, including nearly 20 dairy farmers joined a discussion in Middlebury on Friday to share their thoughts on the future of dairy farming in Vermont. The two-hour meeting organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office focused on how to bolster milk prices and improve the viability of the dairy industry. “Vermont’s dairy farmers

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 11 – Students from two Vermont high schools traveled to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on Thursday, as part of “Vermont Day” organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). This marked the third time Vermont students have participated in the bipartisan Kennedy Institute’s innovative programming on democracy, civics and the

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation on Thursday to provide much-needed emergency relief to dairy farmers in Vermont and throughout the United States. Vermont’s dairy farmers are struggling to survive. The price they get for their milk has been below the cost of production for four years in a row. Since 2014, dairy prices have fallen