Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) today introduced bills to ban private prisons, reinstate the federal parole system and eliminate quotas for the number of immigrants held in detention. “We cannot fix our criminal justice system if corporations are allowed to profit from

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Census Bureau released new data on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States. “The report from the Census Bureau is clear. While the very wealthiest people in our country get much richer, the middle class remains in a 40-year decline and more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $2.7 million to 10 community health centers throughout Vermont. The health centers will use this new federal funding to offer more than 3,700 additional Vermonters low-cost prescription drugs and medical, dental and mental health care services. The Vermont awards are part

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting to support the Iran nuclear deal. “I voted to support the Iran nuclear deal today because it is my firm belief that the test of a great nation is not how many wars we can engage in, but how we can use our strength and

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to address skyrocketing increases in prescription drug prices. Americans, who already pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world, saw prices jump more than 12 percent last year, according to the Centers for Medicare and

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 – In a Senate floor speech later today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will detail his support for an agreement to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. In prepared remarks, Sanders likened critics of the agreement to those in Congress who voted to take the United States to war in Iraq in 2003. “Those who have made