Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting against a bill to increase funding for the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2016:   “It is not acceptable to say that we will significantly increase funding for the Defense Department while, at the same time, making drastic cuts in programs desperately needed by the

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement after he voted to block legislation that would have prohibited certain abortions: “Republicans should stop politicizing the right of women in this country to control their own bodies. The decision to end a pregnancy should be made in consultation with a doctor without interference or judgment from

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today joined low-wage contract workers from the United States Capitol and other federal buildings who are welcoming Pope Francis to the U.S. by striking for a living wage and the right to join a union. “In my view, when we talk about morality and when we talk about justice we have to

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Turing Pharmaceuticals, requesting information about a significant and recent price increase for a drug used to treat a life-threatening parasitic infection. In their letter today, Sanders and Cummings requested information about

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) today introduced bills to ban private prisons, reinstate the federal parole system and eliminate quotas for the number of immigrants held in detention. “We cannot fix our criminal justice system if corporations are allowed to profit from

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Census Bureau released new data on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States. “The report from the Census Bureau is clear. While the very wealthiest people in our country get much richer, the middle class remains in a 40-year decline and more