Press Releases

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,

WASHINGTON, May 25 – Days after President Donald Trump released a budget that would slash support for working families, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by 28 of their colleagues in the Senate, introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) introduced

WASHINGTON, May 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made the following statement at a press conference Wednesday after the Congressional Budget Office released its score of the American Health Care Act: “We can call this legislation whatever we want—you can call it a ‘destroy health care’ bill. You can call it a ‘tax break for the rich’ bill. But we

WASHINGTON, May 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Wednesday after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as a special counsel to oversee its investigation into Russian meddling in the election: “Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation is a positive step. I

WASHINGTON, May 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Tuesday after The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to shut down the federal investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in an Oval Office meeting in February: “Now more than ever we need a special prosecutor to determine whether