Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued statements Monday after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that the agency will review its use of private detention facilities. “The Department of Homeland Security should follow the lead of the Department of Justice and phase out for-profit, privately run immigration detention facilities.

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Friday that opponents of a bad trade deal scored a major victory with an announcement by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that the Senate will not vote this year on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.  “I welcome Majority Leader McConnell’s announcement that he will block a vote in

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in support of grassroots and legal efforts to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, which would run from North Dakota to Illinois:   “The major global crisis facing our planet today is climate change. The vast majority of scientists tell us that climate change is real, it is caused by

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug.  25 – As Vermonters mark the fifth anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pointed to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office that warns damage from severe weather in future decades is expected to become increasingly common in Vermont and throughout the United States because of climate change. Tropical Storm Irene, which

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 24 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after the Department of Labor finalized a rule to require prospective federal contractors to disclose labor violations and give guidance to agencies on how to consider labor violations when awarding contracts: “It’s time for the federal government to be a model employer. Requiring that the

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 – Following the Department of Justice’s recent decision to end its use of private prisons, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) asked the Department of Homeland Security Monday to end its use of private, for-profit detention facilities. “Given the impact on detainees, the high cost to taxpayers and the Department of Justice’s recent