Press Releases

WASHINGTON, July 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a bipartisan 20-1 vote to reauthorize, expand, and strengthen the Older Americans Act (OAA) – critical legislation that will substantially increase funding for services for older Americans. This reauthorization marks the second largest authorized funding level increase

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement on the extreme flooding in Vermont this week: Once again, Vermont has been struck by more flooding, just three weeks after Barre, Plainfield, and other towns were hit on July 10 – and a year to the day after the disastrous flooding of 2023. We are

WASHINGTON, July 30 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee this Wednesday, July 31, will hold a markup of critical bipartisan legislation to strengthen and modernize services for older Americans, bolster programs and research related to autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities, and advance programs for individuals with traumatic brain injury. The three bills that the

This is the first subpoena issued by the HELP Committee since 1981 WASHINGTON, July 25 – As private equity’s grip on the American health care system grows stronger and more dangerous, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today led the committee in a bipartisan vote to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy

Steward’s bankruptcy has impacted hospitals it owns in 8 states around the country, including in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas WASHINGTON, July 24 – The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) announced last week that the committee will hold a bipartisan vote tomorrow, on Thursday, July 25, at 10:00 a.m. ET, to authorize an investigation into

“We Should Not Invite a War Criminal to Address Congress”  WASHINGTON, July 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday night spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress and the ongoing, horrific humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can