Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Tuesday after The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to shut down the federal investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in an Oval Office meeting in February: “Now more than ever we need a special prosecutor to determine whether

WASHINGTON, May 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Monday after The Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week: “President Trump, in a reckless and dangerous manner, has revealed highly classified information to the Russians at a meeting in

WASHINGTON, May 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), introduced two pieces of legislation Thursday to help workers around the country form employee-owned businesses. Broad-based employee ownership has been proven to increase employment, productivity, sales and wages in the United States. Employee ownership boosts company productivity by 4

WASHINGTON, May 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach: “The president has issued an executive order to establish a commission to examine ‘voter fraud.’ The only problem

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey: “Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey raises serious questions about what his administration is hiding. Why did President Trump fire the person leading the investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and the Russian government? I

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) introduced legislation Tuesday to protect the pensions of up to 10 million workers and retirees. The Keep Our Pension Promises Act would reverse a provision passed in 2014 that could result in deep pension cuts for millions of retirees and workers in multi-employer pension plans. The bill