Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 8 – Calling youth unemployment “a national tragedy,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today cited a new national study which found that unemployment among recent high school and college graduates is much worse than previously estimated. At Sanders’ request, the Economic Policy Institute analyzed census data on unemployment among young people who are jobless, working part-time when they need

WASHINGTON, June 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today visited an innovative job training site for unemployed youth in the capital city’s Anacostia neighborhood and unveiled legislation with Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to create new jobs. “We cannot continue to ignore the crisis of youth unemployment in America.  We are talking about the future of an entire generation,” Sanders said.

WASHINGTON, June 3 – In the midst of massive wealth and income inequality and at a time when poverty among seniors is rising, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today ripped former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for recently proposing massive cuts to Social Security. “I have a hard time understanding what world Gov. Bush and his billionaire backers live in,” said Sanders,

WASHINGTON, June 1 – Citing privacy and civil liberties concerns, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that he intends to vote against legislation to extend a controversial domestic spying program but shift the bulk collection of phone records from the government to private telecommunications companies. Sanders said the legislation, which the Senate is considering this week, is better than the

WASHINGTON, May 30 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed news that the U.S. Postal Service quietly backed off a self-defeating plan to shutter nearly all of 82 mail sorting facilities which were on the chopping block this year. Sanders had led an effort in Congress to keep the Postal Service from closing the plants as part of an ill-considered

DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. State Department removed Cuba from the state-sponsored terrorist list. “I am glad to hear that the State Department has removed Cuba from their list of state-sponsored terrorists.  This is a major step forward in rebuilding our relationship with Cuba. I applaud President Barack