Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led a committee hearing titled, “Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?” Sanders’ opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 – Ahead of the committee’s first hearing in the new session of the 118th Congress, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) on Thursday released the full roster of the panel’s subcommittees. See below for the full list: Children and Families MR. CASEY, Pennsylvania, Chair MR.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Following the news that the CEO of Moderna will accept an invitation to testify in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee next month, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the growth of greed in the pharmaceutical industry and what Congress can do to end it. 

Company Features Prominently in New Majority Staff Report on “Pharma Pandemic Profiteers” WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced on Wednesday that Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel will testify next month in front of the committee for a hearing entitled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today issued the following statement after Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz refused to appear in front of the committee to testify about his company’s long-running noncompliance with federal labor law: “It is disappointing, but not surprising, that Howard Schultz, the CEO and director