Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 – With winter around the corner and heating costs projected to increase this season, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today announced that Vermont will receive more than $20.7 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds. “As Vermonters prepare for colder months, we are proud to announce

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 – Ahead of tomorrow’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee field hearing in New Brunswick, New Jersey on the national nursing crisis, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) asked Mark Manigan, the CEO of RWJBarnabas Health, and Alan Lee, the CEO of the non-profit Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, to reconsider their decision not to attend.  “I

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 – Given the disastrous humanitarian situation taking place in Gaza, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a speech on the Senate floor today called for a humanitarian pause so that critical aid, including food, water, fuel, and medical supplies, can reach hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in desperate need. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s committee markup of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli’s nomination to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): Our health care system is broken and dysfunctional. We spend almost twice as much per

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 – The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on Wednesday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m. ET, will hold a markup on the following nominations: Nomination of Monica Bertagnolli to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Nomination of Charlotte Burrows to be Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission    Nomination of Erika

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging a thorough investigation into the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after the NIH proposed, in the Federal Register, granting an exclusive