Press Releases

WASHINGTON, February 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued the following statement after the Senate Parliamentarian advised that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour does not comply with the Byrd Rule:  “I strongly disagree with tonight’s decision by the Senate Parliamentarian. The CBO made it absolutely clear that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 23 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday announced the winners of his eleventh annual State of the Union essay contest, which gives Vermont high school students an opportunity to describe pressing issues they would prioritize as president of the United States. Over the past 11 years, nearly 5,000 students throughout Vermont, representing almost every high school

WASHINGTON, February 18 – The Medicare Part D program pays far more than any other federal health program for prescription drugs, according to a report released today by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The report, “A Comparison of Brand-Name Drug Prices Among Selected Federal Programs,” commissioned by Senate Budget Committee Chair, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), found that on average Medicare Part D

WASHINGTON, February 12 – Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement in response to Major League Baseball’s decision to eliminate Vermont’s minor-league team, the Lake Monsters: “Let’s be clear. Major League Baseball’s announcement to eliminate the Vermont Lake Monsters and 39 other Minor League teams has nothing to do with what is good for baseball and has everything to

BURLINGTON, February 8 – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following response to a Congressional Budget Office study on the budgetary impacts of the Raise the Wage Act, introduced by Sanders last month along with 37 Senate co-sponsors: “Let’s be clear.  We are never going to get 10 Republicans to increase the minimum wage through

WASHINGTON, February 4 — Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed the White House announcement that President Biden would end U.S. participation in the nearly six-year-old Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen: “For many years, activists in Yemen and around the world have worked to bring an end to the devastating Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has led to the world’s worst humanitarian