Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday ahead of the confirmation hearing for Mike Pompeo, nominee for secretary of state: “We need a secretary of state who will represent the best principles of the United States to the rest of the world. Mike Pompeo is not that person. He is a supporter of the Global

WASHINGTON, April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Budget Committee, issued the following statement Monday after the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the cumulative deficit over the next decade will be $1.6 trillion larger than previously projected largely as a result of the tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations passed by Republicans last year: “Over and

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 28 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former chairman and current member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump tweeted that he will replace his Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with Ronny Jackson, who currently serves as the president’s physician: “Every major veterans’ organization in this country vigorously opposes the privatization of the VA. I stand

More than 130 Vermont high school students traveled on Tuesday to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston. This was the second trip organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the bipartisan Kennedy Institute to help Vermont students learn about democracy, civic discourse and the legislative process.  Students from North Country Union High School,

More than 130 Vermont high school students will travel on Tuesday to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston. This is the second trip organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to the bipartisan Kennedy Institute to help Vermont students learn about democracy, civic discourse and the legislative process. Students from North Country Union High

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Sunday after it was reported that President Donald Trump plans to fire Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin: “The struggle at the Veterans Administration is about Trump’s desire to privatize the VA and his belief that Secretary David Shulkin is not moving fast enough in that direction. The