Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 – Comparing drug prices in the United States to those in other countries, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today condemned pharmaceutical companies that charge American consumers the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. “It is unacceptable that the top three pharmaceutical companies made a combined $45 billion in profits last year and spent more on sales

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the chief trade representative for the United States to ensure people in the poorest countries around the world have access to low-cost medicines. “Making sure people in poor countries have access to life-saving medicine is our moral responsibility,” Sen. Sanders wrote. “The European Commission and the Holy See both support

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and 10 of their colleagues today sent a letter urging the Obama administration not to approve oil drilling off the coast of Alaska. “At a time when our planet is warming due to climate change, the last thing our environment needs is more drilling,” Sanders said.  “What we

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced he will resign at the end of October: “It appears that even a very conservative speaker like John Boehner is unable to control the extreme right-wing drift of Republicans in the House. This is a party whose ideology is way out

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 10 of their colleagues introduced legislation today to repeal a tax on certain health plans. Sanders opposed the provision when it was included in the Affordable Care Act, which was passed in 2010. “What was true then is true now,” Sanders said. “Imposing an excise tax on

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24  – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting against a bill to cut funding for Planned Parenthood: “Republicans are once again taking us to the edge of a government shutdown, demanding we take away health care from the American people. Defunding Planned Parenthood would deny hundreds of thousands of Americans access to services