Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 25 – With working families across the country increasingly bearing the brunt of growing economic pain and inequality – amidst the conflict in Ukraine, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and spiking prices of critical necessities – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday introduced legislation in the Senate that would impose a 95 percent windfall tax on the excess profits

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday will host a roundtable discussion with the student finalists of his twelfth annual State of the Union essay contest in the Senate Chamber of the Vermont State House. Attendance is limited to student participants, their invited guests, and members of the press. Media members must RSVP by contacting press@sanders.senate.gov

In a sweeping push to address first responder workforce shortages, in rural areas and communities across the country, the EMS Staffing and Support Act follows legislation Sanders introduced last month targeted at the similar staffing crisis afflicting U.S. fire departments. While fire departments have access to already underfunded Federal grants, about 60% of all EMS departments in the country are

WASHINGTON, March 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today announced that the committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, March 30, at 11 a.m., on “The President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal.” Testifying at the hearing will be Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Hearing DetailsWhat: Hearing of the Committee on the

WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday sent a letter to incoming Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz ahead of his announced return to the company, highlighting some of the egregious anti-union efforts the company has undertaken to fight employees who are building a movement to unionize Starbucks locations around the country. “If Starbucks can afford to spend $20 billion

WASHINGTON, March 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), on Monday wrote to Kevin Miller, CEO of the Sciolex Corporation, to express concern over the treatment of Sciolex workers at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Vermont Service Center (VSC). Formerly based in St. Albans, the VSC, now located in