Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today delivered remarks on the floor of the Senate regarding the government shutdown. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched HERE: M. President: We are now in the 38th day of a government shutdown. That means that federal employees all over this country who have to feed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released a video update on the state of the government shutdown. The video is available here, and a transcript is below:  I think there’s a lot of confusion out there regarding the government shutdown. How did it happen? Why is it continuing? How do we resolve it? I think these are

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, October 29, at 1:45 p.m. ET in the U.S. Senate Radio-TV Correspondents Gallery to discuss the Trump Administration’s refusal to use

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — As Amazon moves forward with plans to cut hundreds of thousands of American jobs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today wrote to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos asking for answers on how the company’s plans to automate warehouses will affect American workers. Last week, the New

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today led 31 senators in calling on the Trump administration to immediately restore the Solar for All program —  a landmark initiative Sanders wrote to help working class families afford rooftop and community-based solar energy.  In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, Sanders and his colleagues condemned the

BlueCross BlueShield and MVP Announce Huge Rate Hikes for Vermont Families WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today warned that the Republican plan to eliminate subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage will cause massive health insurance premium hikes for tens of thousands of Vermonters. According to new data released today by the Vermont Health Connect exchange, if subsidies