Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 23  – Sen. Bernie Sanders and 16 senators urged Senate appropriators in a letter this week to dedicate funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research into the causes and prevention of gun violence in the United States. A 1996 Republican appropriations rider prohibits federal funds from being used to advocate or promote gun

WASHINGTON, March 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders was an original cosponsored of the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act introduced by Sen. Chris Murphy. The bill creates a Social Security Caregiver credit and provides modest retirement compensation to individuals who have had to leave the workforce or reduce their hours to care for a loved one. Approximately 65 million Americans leave the

WASHINGTON, March 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders was joined by 30 senators this week in calling for a significant funding increase for Older Americans Act programs such as Meals on Wheels in order to keep up with the needs of a growing population of seniors. In the letter, the senators said a minimum 12 percent increase would be an important step

WASHINGTON, March 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Secretary Jack Lew in a letter today to use the Department of the Treasury’s untapped authority to prevent Pfizer’s planned maneuver to dodge taxes in the United States. If allowed to proceed, Pfizer will use its planned merger with Ireland-based Allergan to identify as an Irish corporation for tax purposes but will

WASHINGTON, March 17 – Sens. Bernie Sanders and Patty Murray introduced the SCRA Enhancement and Improvement Act of 2016 today to increase protections for service members, who in recent years have been subjected to unfair treatment when serving on active duty. The bill, which strengthens the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), would increase protections on student loans, mortgages, credit cards and

WASHINGTON, March 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement Wednesday after President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the Supreme Court: “Judge Garland is a strong nominee with decades of experience on the bench. My Republican colleagues have called Judge Garland a ‘consensus nominee’ and said that