NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Van Hollen Issue Statement of Solidarity with MK Ayman Odeh Following Expulsion Efforts from the Israeli Parliament
WASHINGTON, July 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today issued a statement of solidarity with MK Ayman Odeh, the chairman of the Arab-majority Hadash-Ta’al party, after lawmakers in the Israeli Knesset House Committee voted to impeach him. We strongly condemn the effort to expel MK Ayman Odeh from the Israeli
NEWS: Sanders: ‘No, Mr. President. Climate Change is Not a Hoax’
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement: In the midst of everything else going on, it’s easy to ignore the extraordinary planetary crisis we face from climate change. But we just can’t allow ourselves to do that. The past 10 years have been the warmest 10 years on record. 2024 was the warmest
NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Balint Demand Trump Administration Release Over $300 Million for Senior Jobs Program
WASHINGTON, July 10 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Becca Balint (Vt.-AL) today sent a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to release more than $300 million in congressionally-appropriated funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) currently held up by the Trump administration. “Since 1965, SCSEP has provided low-income, older adults
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Keeps Sounding the Alarm on Health Care Emergency Worsened by Trump Budget Bill
WASHINGTON, July 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today delivered remarks on the impact of the Republican reconciliation bill — which passed the Senate by one vote and will throw nearly 17 million Americans off the health care they have. There is no question that cybersecurity and
NEWS: Sanders Calls Out Trump’s ‘Illegal and Unconstitutional’ Withholding of Nearly $7 Billion for Public Schools
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 3 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today wrote to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to immediately reverse their illegal and unconstitutional decision this week to abruptly withhold nearly $7 billion in funding for public education nationwide,