Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday on the health care bill reconciliation process: “In the U.S. Senate, it is the parliamentarian’s office that determines whether or not a reconciliation bill is in compliance with the rules of the Senate. “That is not the function of the budget chairman. If it was, we could

WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after voting against a resolution that would impose new sanctions on Iran: “I am strongly supportive of adding sanctions against Russia to this bill. As we now know, Russia actively worked to influence our 2016 presidential election and continues to try and destabilize democracies around the world, including ours. 

WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday morning regarding legislation that would expand U.S. sanctions against Iran. See below for a full transcript. “Mr. President, I am strongly supportive of adding sanctions against Russia to the bill that is scheduled to come up this afternoon. Russia, as I think we all know,

WASHINGTON, June 7 – President Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan would be a huge giveaway to Wall Street, foreign governments and billionaires at the expense of working families, according to a new report prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee’s ranking member. “Under Trump’s proposal, billionaires on Wall Street, wealthy campaign contributors and even foreign governments would receive hundreds

LONDON, June 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement: “President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement is an abdication of American leadership and an international disgrace. At this moment, when climate change is already causing devastating harm

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and a member of the Senate health committee,  detailed the harm President Donald Trump’s budget and the Republicans’ “health care” legislation would have on Vermonters.  “Trump’s budget is immoral,” Sanders said. “It would directly harm tens of thousands of Vermonters,