Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday issued the following statement after Boehringer Ingelheim announced that it would cap patient copays for all of its inhalers at $35 starting on June 1, 2024. The company also announced that it will lower the list price of some

WASHINGTON, March 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) tonight spoke on the floor of the U.S Senate about the absurdity and hypocrisy of the United States continuing to support Netanyahu’s horrific war against the Palestinian people and failure to do more to avert the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza: Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders will host a youth choral concert and town meeting on the importance of arts education on Saturday evening at the Dibden Center for the Arts. The concert will feature performances from nine Vermont elementary, middle, high school, and college choirs. This year will mark the first time since the beginning of the

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday will hold a roundtable discussion with the student finalists of his fourteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest at the Vermont State House. This year, 454 students from 27 Vermont high schools submitted essays. A panel of seven Vermont educators served as volunteer judges, ranking the essays and selecting

WASHINGTON, March 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday, March 7 at 11:00 a.m. ET will lead the committee in a hearing titled, “The Older Americans Act: Supporting Efforts to Meet the Needs of Seniors.” “Today in America, it is no secret that too many seniors are struggling

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on the minibus agreement announced Sunday by Congressional leadership: Over the past year, one of my top legislative priorities as Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee has been to address the primary care crisis in America