Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined forces Wednesday to oppose legislation that would slow the approval of priority medications and do nothing to lower prescription drug prices. Republicans accepted a counter-proposal from Sanders and Warren that would only extend the voucher program through the end of the year to allow time to come

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after the CEO of Wells Fargo testified before the Senate Banking Committee:  “Let’s be clear, the business model of Wall Street is fraud. In my view, there is no better example than the recently-exposed illegal behavior at Wells Fargo. “The CEO of Wells Fargo admitted today that

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 19 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Vermont congressional delegation on Monday asked a testing organization to lower the cost of testing students who have significant cognitive disabilities. The organization, Dynamic Learning Maps, chose to adopt a pricing structure that will shift the cost of rising prices onto small states like Vermont.  Without a change

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 19 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) asked the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Comptroller of the Currency Monday if the agencies made any criminal referrals to the Department of Justice following an investigation of abusive practices at Wells Fargo. “Your agencies recently fined Wells Fargo $100 million, and $35 million, respectively, for

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 – The Senate passed an amendment Thursday introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that would allow Vermont to apply for up to $10 million for repairs to the Waterbury Dam, which was built in the 1930s.   The amendment was included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, which now goes to the House of Representatives

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 22 of their colleagues, introduced a Senate resolution Thursday calling for a public option in the health insurance market. “The Affordable Care Act has made great progress in helping millions of people get access