Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and leaders of The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veterans’ organizations today denounced proposals to cut veterans’ disability benefits as part of a year-end deal on deficits. A member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Budget Committee, Sanders said there are better approaches to deficit reduction than

Let me begin by thanking the American Legion; the Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Disabled American Veterans; the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; the Paralyzed Veterans of America; the Blinded Veterans Association; and the many other veterans’ organizations who are here this morning and who have spoken out on this issue.  Some of the full statements from the veterans’

“Newtown, Conn., and our entire country have experienced an unspeakable and unimaginable tragedy. As President Obama has stated we, as a nation, must do everything we can to put an end to the epidemic of mass killings that we have seen in recent years. “No knowledgeable person believes that there is one easy, 15-second-soundbite answer to this crisis.  We need

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after Sen. Daniel K. Inouye passed away today at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: “The Senate lost a very good man today. He was giant among senators who treated everyone with respect and dignity.  He was a World War II veteran who earned the nation’s highest

BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 14 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after a gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children, at a grade school in Newtown, Conn.: “Today the people of Newtown, Conn., and all of America experienced a terrible tragedy. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and their loved ones. As

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today was named chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) made the announcement while listing committee assignments for the next session of Congress. As the White House and lawmakers are in the final stages of negotiating a year-end debt reduction deal, Sanders said his first order