Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 7 – Citing Nike’s low wages for foreign workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday asked President Obama to cancel a planned meeting on Friday with executives of the athletic shoe maker at its headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Nike has taken advantage of free-trade agreements – similar to proposed new pact which Obama is touting – to offshore tens

WASHINGTON, May 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to break up the nation’s biggest banks in order to safeguard the economy and prevent another costly taxpayer bailout. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) proposed a companion bill in the House. “No single financial institution should have holdings so extensive that its failure could send the world economy into crisis,”

WASHINGTON, May 5 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans passed a budget resolution: “This Republican budget throws 27 million Americans off health insurance, slashes $5 trillion over the coming decade from programs that help working families, cuts taxes on the richest Americans and raises them

WASHINGTON, April 28 – As the Supreme Court today took up cases on gay marriage, Sen. Bernie Sanders said gay Americans in all states deserve the right to wed. “Of course all citizens deserve equal rights,” Sanders said. “It’s time for the Supreme Court to catch up to the American people and legalize gay marriage.” Vermont was a pioneer in

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch to serve as attorney general: “I am delighted that Loretta Lynch finally was confirmed by the Senate. I look forward to working with her as the attorney general and I congratulate Sen. Patrick Leahy for all the work he did to

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that “it makes no sense at all” for Congress to approve a trade agreement that would throw Americans out of work and let multi-national corporations exploit cheap labor in Malaysia, Vietnam and other low-wage nations. In a Senate speech detailing serious defects in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, Sanders said workers