Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 9 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) launched his ninth annual State of the Union essay contest on Friday. Each January, the president of the United States delivers a “State of the Union” speech to a joint session of Congress, in which he outlines his priorities for the coming year. And each year, Sanders invites Vermont high

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 9 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that he will re-introduce legislation to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour in the first week of the new Congress.   “While the official unemployment rate is relatively low, too many workers in America today are making wages that don’t pay

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Wednesday after President Donald Trump forced out Jeff Sessions as attorney general: “President Trump must allow Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to continue unimpeded. Any attempt by the president or the Justice Department to interfere with Mueller’s probe would be obstruction of justice and an impeachable

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 1 – In an interview with The Washington Post on Thursday, Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said, “My view is a federal minimum wage is a terrible idea. A terrible idea…. And I would argue against state and local but that’s up to the states and localities.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) responded to Kudlow’s

Washington, DC – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to Jeff Bezos, the Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, to request information about the distribution of anti-union materials that potentially encourage illegal interference with thousands of workers’ rights at Whole Foods, Amazon’s recently acquired subsidiary. The letter follows a recent report from Gizmodo about a

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 15 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Monday:  “The recent disappearance and likely assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi only underscores how urgent it has become for the United States to redefine our relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. “Since 2015, the Saudi-led war in Yemen has become the world’s largest humanitarian