Press Releases

WASHINGTON, March 12 – As boxes of petitions signed by 2 million Americans were hauled into the Capitol today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation to expand benefits and strengthen the retirement program for generations to come. The Social Security Expansion Act was filed on the same day Sanders and other senators received the petitions gathered by the National Committee

WASHINGON, March 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after 47 Republican senators sent an open letter to Iranian officials undercutting White House negotiations to limit development of Iran’s nuclear program: “It appears that for most of my Republican colleagues in the Senate, a war in Afghanistan and a war in Iraq were not enough. They

SELMA, Ala., March 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today joined U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and other civil rights pioneers on the 50th anniversary of an historic civil rights march that led to enactment of the Voting Rights Act. “In 1965, against racist legalized violence, incredibly brave men and women put their lives on the line to demand

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 6 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on Saudi Arabia’s offensive request for the United States to put American combat troops on the ground in Iraq to fight Islamic State terrorists:  “I find it remarkable that Saudi Arabia, which borders Iraq and is controlled by a multi-billion dollar family, is demanding that U.S. combat troops

WASHINGTON, March 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was honored tonight with the Veterans of Foreign Wars prestigious Congressional Award. At a ceremony in the Senate’s Kennedy Caucus Room, Sanders said he was “extremely honored” by the award presented for his eight years of service on the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, including his time as the panel’s chairman during

WASHINGTON, March 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate energy and environment committees, issued the following statement today after the Senate voted to sustain President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill that would have allowed construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline: “I applaud President Obama for vetoing the Keystone XL legislation and the Senate for