Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday issued the following statement after the Senate passed a bill 88-9 to avert a government shutdown: “I’m delighted that Congress was able to avoid a painful and unnecessary shutdown. I am also pleased that programs working families desperately need were not cut and that, in fact, there was a good

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday issued the following statement after the committee passed the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act: “Everyone in America understands that our health care system is broken and getting worse. Despite spending twice as much per capita as any

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 – Following the 50th anniversary of the bloody U.S.-backed coup d’état against democratically-elected Chilean President Salvador Allende, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), and Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday introduced a Congressional resolution commemorating the coup, apologizing for the role the United

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday, September 21, at 11:00 a.m. ET, will mark up critical legislation to address the primary care crisis in America, including the major shortage of nurses, doctors, dentists, mental health professionals, and other important health care workers across the country. The four bills that the

Landmark Bill to be Marked Up Next Week WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, announced Thursday that they have reached a deal on landmark legislation to address the primary care

If pandemic-era child care stabilization funds are allowed to expire on September 30, approximately 3.2 million children could lose their child care spots, 232,000 child care workers’ jobs could be jeopardized, millions of parents could lose an estimated $9 billion each year in earnings, and states could lose approximately $10.6 billion in economic activity per year. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 –