Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) introduced legislation Tuesday to protect the pensions of up to 10 million workers and retirees. The Keep Our Pension Promises Act would reverse a provision passed in 2014 that could result in deep pension cuts for millions of retirees and workers in multi-employer pension plans. The bill

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 5 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday held a broad ranging meeting with drinking water and wastewater facility operators, town managers, water quality experts, and state and federal officials  to discuss Vermont’s water infrastructure needs. “It is no secret that much of our nation’s infrastructure is crumbling, including in Vermont. Every day, Americans see bridges

WASHINGTON, May 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement after House Republicans voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act: “The bill that Republicans passed today is an absolute disaster. It really has nothing to do with health care. It has everything to do with an enormous shift of wealth from working people to the richest Americans. This

WASHINGTON, April 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Wednesday after President Donald Trump released his plan for tax reform: “At a time when we have a rigged economy designed to benefit the wealthiest Americans and largest corporations, President Trump’s new tax plan would only make that system worse. He would slash taxes for himself and his

WASHINGTON, April 26 – Addressing hundreds of low-wage workers outside the Capitol, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced legislation Wednesday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. “For the last 10 years, Congress, giving tax breaks to the rich, has forgotten to raise the minimum wage. We are here to

WASHINGTON, April 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the United States carried out a missile strike in Syria in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack this week: “In a world of vicious dictators, Syria’s Bashar Assad tops the list as a dictator who has killed hundreds of thousands of his own citizens to