MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders, Colleagues, Advocates to Hold Press Call to Demand Congress Protect Social Security
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 11 – Ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will join Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, policy experts and Social Security beneficiaries for a press call on Wednesday calling on Congress to protect benefits
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Trump Canceling $7 Billion for Solar for All
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 5 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the Trump administration moved to cancel $7 billion in funding for the Solar for All program — legislation that Sanders wrote to provide loans or grants to working class families to help cover the cost of installing solar rooftops or participating in community-based solar projects:
News: Sanders, 12 Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Ensure Americans Can Access Safety Net and Public Assistance Programs Without Unnecessary Red Tape
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 4 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on them to reverse departmental guidance intended to throw people off of
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Majority of Democratic Caucus Supporting Effort to Block Arms Sales to Israel
WASHINGTON, July 30 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after forcing a vote on the floor of the United States Senate to block the sale of arms to Israel: By a vote of 27-17, the members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted to stop sending arms shipments to a Netanyahu government which has waged a horrific,
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Forces Vote to Stop Arms Sales to Israel Amid Starvation in Gaza
WASHINGTON, July 30 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today rose to force a vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to block offensive arms sales to Israel in light of the daily civilian massacres and unfolding famine created by the Netanyahu government’s policies. The JRD is the only formal mechanism available to Congress to prevent an arms sale noticed