PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Asks President Biden to Fulfill Campaign Promise and Cancel Amazon’s Federal Contracts
WASHINGTON, April 26 – During remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday called for President Joe Biden to fulfill his campaign promise to prevent companies that are engaged in illegal anti-union activities, like Amazon, from receiving lucrative contracts from the federal government on the taxpayers dime. Sanders urged President Biden to sign an Executive Order to
NEWS: Sanders and VA Secretary Hear Directly from Vermont Veterans During Two-Day Visit to See Health Care System Firsthand
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former chair and current member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, last week hosted Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cabinet Secretary Denis McDonough on a two-day visit to see firsthand Vermont’s health care system for veterans and hear directly from the veterans it serves. Throughout the trip, Sanders and
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders Welcomes Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Vermont to Visit Local VA Facilities and Meet with Area Veterans
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 11 – Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough this week will visit Vermont to tour some of the state’s VA medical facilities after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) invited him to see Vermont’s health care system for veterans first hand and hear directly from the veterans it serves. Sen. Sanders and Secretary McDonough will visit the
NEWS: Sanders Stands in Solidarity with UVM Medical Center Workers Fighting to Unionize
WASHINGTON, April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week sent a letter to interns, residents and fellows of the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) in support of their efforts to form a union. Sanders recently met with UVMMC residents who shared with him how organizing a union would lead not only to decent wages and better working conditions, but also
NEWS: Sanders Statement on the Historic Confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
WASHINGTON, April 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the next Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court: Let me congratulate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her confirmation to the Supreme Court, and on her lifetime of service that has