Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 2 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, legislation that would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billionaires in America — who are now collectively worth $8.2 trillion. In its

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran. President Trump, along with his right-wing extremist Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun an illegal, premeditated and unconstitutional war. Tragically, Trump is gambling with American lives and treasure to fulfill Netanyahu’s decades-long ambition of dragging the United States

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement following the announcement of a data center moratorium in Denver, Colorado. A few months ago, when I proposed a moratorium on AI data centers, it was perceived as a radical, fringe and Luddite idea. Well, not anymore. Today, the mayor of Denver, Colorado, following the lead of city

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement: Jesse Jackson, a friend and ally of mine for almost 40 years, has passed away. Reverend Jackson was one of the great and transformative political leaders in modern American history. He has broken down more barriers than most people could dream of doing.  Jackson was a courageous civil rights

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), today introduced legislation that would ensure the United States finally joins virtually every other major country on Earth in guaranteeing paid sick leave to its workers. Sanders and DeLauro were joined on the legislation in

MONTPELIER, Vt., Feb. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today announced more than $100 million in federal funding they secured on behalf of 69 projects addressing critical needs across Vermont. The funding for these Congressionally Directed Spending projects, or “earmarks,” was included in the three fiscal year 2026 appropriations packages passed