MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Roundtable Discussion with Vermont Firefighters and EMS Providers
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold a roundtable discussion with Vermont first responders on Monday, January 29 at 10:00 a.m. to hear about challenges they face and what the federal government can do to support them. The discussion with firefighters and EMS providers will cover range of issues, including recruitment, wages, training, and equipment costs. Sanders
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Ahead of Vote to Subpoena CEOs to Testify on Outrageously High Prices of Prescription Drugs in America
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) today held a press conference to discuss the committee’s decision to vote to issue subpoenas for Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin Duato and Merck CEO Robert Davis to provide testimony about why their companies charge substantially higher prices for medicine
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Hold Press Conference at White River Junction VA Medical Center, Visit Waterbury Ambulance Service
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday, January 26 will visit White River Junction and Waterbury. He will first hold a press conference at the White River Junction VA to discuss new renovations at the medical center, and publicly announce plans for a new, expanded Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in the Burlington area, long championed by
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Calls on U.S. to Act on Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the responsibility of the U.S. government to use its leverage to deliver urgently-needed aid to Palestinians and demand an end to Israel’s indiscriminate bombing campaign. The speech comes on the heels of Sanders’ first-of-its-kind
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders on Wednesday to Hold Statewide Telephone Town Meeting
BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a statewide telephone town meeting on Wednesday, January 24 at 5:30 p.m. to hear directly from Vermonters about the challenges they are facing in their daily lives, their concerns for their families, their communities, their state, and the world, and how the federal government can work to address those
