MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Merkley, Welch, and Van Hollen to Hold Press Conference Ahead of Wednesday Vote to Block Offensive Arm Sales to Israel

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced that he will hold a press conference on Tuesday, with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), to discuss the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sale of certain offensive arms to Israel. Sanders will bring the JRDs to the Senate floor for

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NEWS: Sanders Announces Vote Next Week to Block Arms Sales to Israel

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) today released the following statement announcing his intention to next week bring to the floor Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) that would block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel. The JRD is the only mechanism available to Congress to prevent an arms sale from advancing: Next week I will

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NEWS: Sanders, Peters, Durbin, Stabenow, Duckworth, and 18 Fellow Senators Demand Stellantis Keep Its Promises to Autoworkers

“Last year, while blue collar auto workers in Belvidere were being laid off indefinitely, you were able to receive a 56 percent pay raise boosting your total compensation to $39.5 million, which made you the highest paid executive among traditional auto companies,” wrote the 23 senators to Stellantis’s CEO. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 – In a letter sent yesterday to the

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NEWS: Senator Bernie Sanders and President Joe Biden Hold Event in New Hampshire to Discuss Lowering Prescription Drug Costs in America

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today joined President Joe Biden in Concord, New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Technical Institute for an event on their work to lower prescription drug costs for the American people. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and the

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NEWS: Sanders Leads Call on Biden, Blinken, Garland to Investigate Israeli Attack on American Journalist

The attack – that has gone uninvestigated for over a year – killed a Reuters journalist and left six others from Reuters, AFP, and Al Jazeera injured, including Vermonter Dylan Collins  Congress will soon consider Sanders’s Joint Resolutions of Disapproval of the sale of additional arms to Israel, including the same rounds used against Collins and his colleagues  WASHINGTON, Oct.

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NEWS: Statement from Senator Sanders on the Death of Yahya Sinwar

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued the following statement on the death of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a war criminal who masterminded the brutal October 7th terrorist attack that killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages, is now dead. There is now no justification for Prime Minister Netanyahu and

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