Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17  – At a Senate confirmation hearing today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he opposes the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration because of doubts that he would act to lower skyrocketing drug prices. “At the end of the day people are dying and not buying the food they need

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a letter today with 33 of his colleagues calling on the company that employs Senate cafeteria and catering workers to respect their right to organize. “Employees working full time in the U.S. Senate should not be living in poverty,” the senators wrote in the letter to Compass Group CEO Richard Cousins.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today ahead of Veterans Day. “Today, we honor the sacrifice of our nation’s veterans and their families. The truth is that we can never repay the debt that we owe to those men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country. Our commitment

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Obama administration said it will ask the Supreme Court to recognize the president’s authority to prevent the deportation of as many as 5 million immigrants living in the United States: “The president is absolutely right to appeal this unfortunate lower-court decision. American immigration policy should

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting against a bill that increases the level of authorized funding for the Pentagon and other national security agencies by $21 billion in 2016. “If we are serious about ending waste, fraud, abuse and excessive spending, we have got to focus on all agencies – including

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after the text of a proposed 12-nation trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, was made public. “Now that the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has finally been released, it is even worse than I thought.  It is clear to me that the proposed agreement is not, nor has it ever