Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 14 – In a continued effort to expand and strengthen access to dental care for veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined with Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) to introduce legislation yesterday that would establish a new pilot program to provide comprehensive dental care to veterans diagnosed with diabetes and ischemic heart

WASHINGTON, June 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and current Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with his colleagues in the Senate, yesterday introduced two pieces of legislation that would close eligibility gaps to ensure millions more veterans regardless of income, as well as the National

WASHINGTON, June 13 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday, June 15 will hold an Executive Session to mark up legislation at 10:00 a.m. ET. The following reauthorization bills will be considered at the markup: S. 133, NAPA Reauthorization Act S. 134, Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act S. 265, SIREN Reauthorization Act  S. 1844, Animal Drug

The American People Pay the Highest Prices in the World For Lifesaving Prescription Drugs That They Helped Create Report shows, over the last 20 years, the average price of new medical treatments that NIH scientists helped invent is $111,000 – more than ten times the price that led the NIH to first introduce a reasonable pricing clause in 1989. WASHINGTON,

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and the Vermont Department of Public Service today announced $1 million in federal funding will soon come to Vermont to establish sustainable energy projects at elementary, middle, and high schools across the state – as well as municipal buildings such as public libraries and town halls. The funds were secured by

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be joined by hundreds of Vermonters for an outdoor town meeting and hike at Barnes Camp Visitor Center on Saturday, June 10.  “One of my favorite parts of living in our state is enjoying the beauty of our great outdoors,” said Sanders. “I organized this event to bring people of