Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), introduced two pieces of legislation Thursday to help workers around the country form employee-owned businesses. Broad-based employee ownership has been proven to increase employment, productivity, sales and wages in the United States. Employee ownership boosts company productivity by 4

WASHINGTON, May 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach: “The president has issued an executive order to establish a commission to examine ‘voter fraud.’ The only problem

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey: “Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey raises serious questions about what his administration is hiding. Why did President Trump fire the person leading the investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and the Russian government? I

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