Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 5 – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sharply criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Friday for his efforts to end seven years of budget agreements regarding parity for defense and non-defense spending. Sanders feared that McConnell was pushing the Senate toward a government shutdown with his efforts to end these longstanding bipartisan agreements. Sanders said: “I

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday in response to reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind an Obama administration policy that shielded legalized marijuana from federal intervention: “No, Attorney General Sessions. Marijuana is not the same as heroin. No one who has seriously studied the issue believes that marijuana should be classified

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 3 – The deadline for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) eighth annual State of the Union essay contest is one week from today. Vermont high school students must submit their essays on the senator’s website by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10. As the president prepares to give his State of the Union speech to a joint

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 27 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday regarding the Republican tax plan: “The Republicans are so desperate to spin their disastrous tax plan that they have resorted to taking comments I recently made completely out of context. Let me set the record straight. “The Trump-Republican tax plan is one of the worst

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after voting against a temporary spending bill: “I voted no on the continuing resolution because it is unconscionable for Congress to go home for the holidays while leaving major crises unresolved. There are 800,000 Dreamers in this country who are on the verge of losing their legal

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 – In a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said it would be unacceptable for Congress to break for the holidays without protecting Dreamers, funding community health centers and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and addressing a number of other issues critical to working families.  “It really would be unconscionable to leave