Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 25 – Days after President Donald Trump released a budget that would slash support for working families, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by 28 of their colleagues in the Senate, introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) introduced

WASHINGTON, May 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made the following statement at a press conference Wednesday after the Congressional Budget Office released its score of the American Health Care Act: “We can call this legislation whatever we want—you can call it a ‘destroy health care’ bill. You can call it a ‘tax break for the rich’ bill. But we

WASHINGTON, May 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the following statement Wednesday after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as a special counsel to oversee its investigation into Russian meddling in the election: “Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation is a positive step. I

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