Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) – chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, a member of the Senate Budget Committee and the founder of the Senate Defending Social Security Caucus – issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 budget: “While the president’s budget has some positive elements like an increase in the minimum

WASHINGTON, April 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to break up banks that have grown so big that the Justice Department fears the financial system would be put at risk if criminal charges were filed. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) proposed a companion bill in the House. The 10 largest banks in the United States are bigger now than before

LOS ANGELES, April 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement on President Obama’s proposal to cut benefits for Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and others: “I am terribly disappointed and will do everything in my power to block President Obama’s proposal to cut benefits for Social Security recipients through a chained consumer price index. As chairman of

WASHINGTON, April 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the founder of the Defending Social Security Caucus, issued the following statement in response to reports that President Obama will include the so-called chained-CPI in his budget proposal: Millions of working people, seniors, disabled veterans, those who have lost a loved one in combat,

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 29 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today recognized the first business to participate in an innovative financing program that helps pay for energy efficiency improvements. Authorized by a Sanders provision in a 2011 appropriations bill, a $1 million grant to the Burlington Electric Department helped launch the on-bill financing program, which helps businesses pay for energy