Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 – In a letter sent to Aetna’s CEO today, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) raised questions about the company’s decision to withdraw from the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care exchanges after the Department of Justice (DOJ) challenged Aetna’s proposed merger with Humana. “Aetna’s

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — In a letter sent today to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 19 Democratic senators expressed their serious concerns about the company’s recent price hikes for the life-saving EpiPen Auto-Injector. The senators raised questions about Mylan’s decision to expand its patient assistance program, which allows the company to sharply increase prices while

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued statements Monday after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that the agency will review its use of private detention facilities. “The Department of Homeland Security should follow the lead of the Department of Justice and phase out for-profit, privately run immigration detention facilities.

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Friday that opponents of a bad trade deal scored a major victory with an announcement by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that the Senate will not vote this year on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.  “I welcome Majority Leader McConnell’s announcement that he will block a vote in

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 25 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in support of grassroots and legal efforts to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, which would run from North Dakota to Illinois:   “The major global crisis facing our planet today is climate change. The vast majority of scientists tell us that climate change is real, it is caused by

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug.  25 – As Vermonters mark the fifth anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pointed to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office that warns damage from severe weather in future decades is expected to become increasingly common in Vermont and throughout the United States because of climate change. Tropical Storm Irene, which