Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 7 – With the United States on track to spend more than $1 trillion on the military this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and five colleagues this week sent a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urging him to reconstitute the World War II-era Truman Committee to investigate war profiteering and price gouging in the American military

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “The Older Americans Act: Supporting Efforts to Meet the Needs of Seniors.” Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watch here: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), with Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Ranking Member of the Special Committee on Aging, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Markwayne

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