Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement: Jesse Jackson, a friend and ally of mine for almost 40 years, has passed away. Reverend Jackson was one of the great and transformative political leaders in modern American history. He has broken down more barriers than most people could dream of doing.  Jackson was a courageous civil rights

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), today introduced legislation that would ensure the United States finally joins virtually every other major country on Earth in guaranteeing paid sick leave to its workers. Sanders and DeLauro were joined on the legislation in

MONTPELIER, Vt., Feb. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today announced more than $100 million in federal funding they secured on behalf of 69 projects addressing critical needs across Vermont. The funding for these Congressionally Directed Spending projects, or “earmarks,” was included in the three fiscal year 2026 appropriations packages passed

MONTPELIER, Vt., Feb. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Friday, February 6 at 1:30 p.m. will hold a press conference in Montpelier to announce millions in federal funding that the Vermont congressional delegation secured for 69 Vermont projects addressing critical needs across the state. The funding for these projects, or “earmarks,” was included in

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today announced an investigation into how Walmart, Kroger, Dollar General and Dollar Tree stand to benefit from large tax breaks in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” while they force tens of thousands of their employees to rely on Medicaid

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced he would travel to California this month to speak directly with Artificial Intelligence (AI) leaders, and released the following statement: Artificial intelligence and robotics will transform the world. Today, a handful of billionaires in Silicon Valley are making decisions behind closed doors that will shape the future of humanity. Meanwhile, working