Press Releases

As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came to testify on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke out about the need for the Fed to limit how much banks may charge their credit card customers. Sanders also said the country’s largest four financial institutions, which now issue two-thirds of the credit cards in America and hold half the mortgages,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) applauded a proposal that Gov. Peter Shumlin presented to Vermont lawmakers today to move the state toward a single-payer health care system. “I applaud the governor for presenting his health care proposal to the Legislature and I look forward to working with him. With 50 million Americans uninsured and the cost of

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has been appointed to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, a select panel made up of members from both houses of Congress.  The committee is composed of 10 members each from the Senate and the House of Representatives.  It was established by the Employment Act of 1946 to make a continuing study

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) applauded an ambitious solar power initiative announced today by the Department of Energy.  Sanders plans to integrate much of the department’s plan into his “Ten Million Solar Roofs” legislation. “I look forward to working with the Obama administration to incorporate elements of the new solar initiative into the Ten Million Solar Roofs

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 – In a report prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Department of Defense disclosed that it paid $285 billion over a three-year span to hundreds of military contractors that defrauded the Pentagon during the same period. “With the country running a $14 trillion national debt, my goal is to provide as much transparency as possible about what is happening with taxpayer money,”

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the Senate voted today for changes in filibuster rules that have been abused by Republicans to block legislation: “The old rules let senators use parliamentary tactics to block bills that had broad, bipartisan support. Legislation could be stopped without senators even coming to the Senate floor to