Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) at 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 9th will hold a press conference with rail workers to demand companies provide them with at least seven paid sick days. Sanders will be joined by representatives from SMART-TD, the

Sanders will meet the finalists for a roundtable discussion at the Vermont Statehouse on Saturday, February 11.  BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday announced the winners of his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest, which gives Vermont high school students of all backgrounds an opportunity to address a major issue facing the country

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 – Following up on a previous letter sent in October of last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on Wednesday sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz calling for the company to once and for all end its egregious union busting campaign against its

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday delivered a major address from the U.S. Capitol on the state of the working class in America. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: Let me thank all of you who are here

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 13 – Thirty-four percent of large, profitable corporations paid nothing in federal income taxes in 2018, the first year that the Trump tax cuts went into effect, according to a new study prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO also found that, on average, large, profitable American corporations paid less

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday will give a major speech at the U.S. Capitol on the state of America’s working class and how we address the existing crises. “Before we can effectively go forward in terms of economic policy, it’s necessary to