Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after the Senate blocked legislation by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) that would block Vermont and other states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods: “I am pleased that Congress stood up to the demands of Monsanto and other multi-national food industry corporations and rejected this outrageous bill. Today’s vote was a victory for the American

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 11 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders today announced the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $1,240,794 to four community health centers in Vermont. The health centers will use this new federal funding to expand access to substance abuse treatment. The Vermont awards are part of $94 million to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Democratic colleagues on the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced the National Biomedical Research Act today. This bill would increase funding for targeted biomedical research initiatives through a new, reliable funding stream supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration. The purchasing power of

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 2 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which would restrict women’s access to abortions: “The case under consideration today is rightly regarded as one of the most important women’s health care cases in a generation. Access to safe and

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), along with 23 Democratic senators, led the charge to extend overtime pay to millions of Americans who are working long hours without fair pay. Last year, the Department of Labor proposed an expansion to overtime pay protections that could benefit five million Americans, including 10,000 Vermonters. The proposal would bring overtime pay

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders pressed for action to ban private prisons today following a report that the two largest private prison operators in the United States made a combined $361 million in profits last year. The Corrections Corporation of America, the nation’s largest private prison operator, collected $3,356 in profit per prisoner. GEO Group, the country’s second