Press Releases

WASHINGTON, July 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after voting against legislation that would impose new sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea: “I am strongly supportive of sanctions on Russia and North Korea. I worry very much, however, about President Trump’s approach to Iran, especially in light of his recent comments that he will refuse

WASHINGTON, July 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday after Senate Republicans voted to begin debate on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act: “The vote today to proceed on the health care bill is a step toward passing the most dangerous and destructive piece of legislation in the modern history of our country. If

WASHINGTON, July 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after an updated analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office showed that Senate Republicans’ proposal to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement would leave 32 million more Americans without health insurance over the next decade: “The CBO report that just came out analyzing

WASHINGTON, July 19 – At a time when over 5.3 million young people in America do not have jobs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) announced Wednesday at the Sasha Bruce Youthwork center in Washington, D.C. that they will introduce legislation to help young people find work. Sanders, Conyers and Holmes Norton

WASHINGTON, July 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday evening after Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) announced they would oppose the Senate Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, leaving Republicans short of enough votes to pass the legislation: “I am delighted to see that the disastrous Republican health care plan will not