Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after President Donald Trump nominated U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to be an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court: “The Supreme Court plays an enormously important role in American life. Unfortunately, in recent years, that role has been largely negative. I look forward

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after voting against Betsy DeVos’ nomination to be secretary of education: “Today, in the HELP committee, I voted against Betsy DeVos for secretary of education. We must strengthen public education in America, not destroy it. In the richest nation in the history of the world, we need to

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he will soon introduce legislation to lower prescription drug prices and hoped that President Donald Trump would support the effort. Sanders and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) are drafting legislation to significantly bring down drug prices in the United States. While five major drug manufacturers made more than $50 billion

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 27 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Friday announcing that he will vote against confirming President Donald Trump’s nomination of Rex Tillerson, the former head of Exxon Mobil, to be secretary of state:  “I will vote no on the nomination of Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State. The nomination of Mr. Tillerson

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump declared Wednesday he believes torture works and as his administration readies an executive order that would clear the way for the CIA to reopen overseas “black site” prisons, where it detained and tortured terrorism suspects: “Does Donald Trump really want to defy the Geneva

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday announced the winners of his annual State of the Union essay contest. Sanders’ contest gives Vermont high school students an opportunity to articulate which issues they would prioritize if they were president. A panel of six Vermont teachers served as volunteer judges in Sanders’ annual essay contest. They