Press Releases

Washington (April 15, 2015) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reintroduced three bills today aimed at improving the safety and security of decommissioning reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel at nuclear plants across the nation. When spent nuclear fuel is removed from the part of the reactor that generates electricity, it

WASHINGTON, April 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement as low-wage workers around the country rally in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. “I want to applaud the workers who are organizing today in the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. The truth is that by putting more money

WASHINGTON, April 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the White House announced that President Barack Obama intends to remove Cuba from the United States’ list of nations that sponsor terrorism: “While we have our strong differences with Cuba, it is not a terrorist state. I applaud President Obama for moving aggressively to develop normal

WASHINGTON, April 14 – At the urging of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general has agreed to investigate how sudden price hikes by generic drug makers are driving up the cost of taxpayer-supported health care. “It is unacceptable that Americans pay, by far, the highest prices in the

WASHINGTON, April 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced a bill to stop profitable corporations from sheltering income overseas in the Cayman Islands and other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. taxes. The legislation also would end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs and factories overseas. “At a time when we have a $18.2 trillion national debt and

WASHINGTON, April 13 – In a speech tonight at American University, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will call for overhauling how college education is financed by allowing students to refinance loans, eliminating federal profits on loans, making 4-year public colleges tuition-free, expanding work-study programs and providing incentives for colleges and universities to keep costs down. The senator also will call for