Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday will deliver livestreamed remarks following President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. His response will stream live on the Senator’s Facebook, YouTube, X and Instagram accounts.  Prepared remarks will be released following the conclusion of Sen. Sanders’ speech. Details What: Sen. Bernie Sanders responds to Trump’s joint address

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement introducing the American people to the background and history of Russian dictator, and apparent ally of President Trump, Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump is dividing the Western alliance, and undermining Ukraine’s defense against

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 – As Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress attempt to advance legislation to give massive tax breaks to billionaires and undermine Social Security, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy, and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Val Hoyle (D-Ore.), introduced

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today delivered an opening statement at the committee’s second hearing to consider the advancement of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor.  We are in an unusual and dangerous moment in American history.  We have a situation where,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last week filed four Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) that would block the sale of $8.56 billion in offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel.   Earlier this month, the Trump administration notified Congress of its approval of four major offensive arms sales to Israel, including tens of thousands of the bombs, missiles and artillery

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch, and Rep. Becca Balint will hold a statewide telephone town meeting on Wednesday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m. to hear directly from Vermonters about the challenges they are facing in their daily lives, their concerns for their families, their communities, their state and the world, and how the federal government