Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Monday gave remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the growing labor movement in the United States following two major victories at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island and a Starbucks roastery in New York City. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. M. President, let me begin by

WASHINGTON, April 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last Thursday joined Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), along with Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) in sending a letter to President Biden urging the administration to act now to

WASHINGTON, April 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, on Tuesday urged Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Dennis McDonough to simplify and strengthen the VA’s ability to deliver quality and comprehensive health care to all veterans, including those suffering from exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances. Sanders argued that

WASHINGTON, April 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, announced Friday that the committee will hold a hearing Tuesday, April 5, at 11 a.m. titled “Corporate Profits are Soaring as Prices Rise: Are Corporate Greed and Profiteering Fueling Inflation?” Tuesday’s hearing comes as working families across the country are increasingly bearing the brunt of growing

WASHINGTON, March 28 – Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Monday issued the following statement after President Joe Biden released his fiscal year 2023 federal budget proposal: I thank the President for submitting his budget proposal to Congress and I look forward to reviewing it closely. At a time when corporations are making obscene profits by

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a roundtable discussion at the Vermont State House on Saturday afternoon with the student finalists of his twelfth annual State of the Union essay contest. The contest gives Vermont high school students an opportunity to write about a major issue facing the country and propose what they would do to