Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday proposed legislation to impose a two-year moratorium on U.S. Postal Service plans to eliminate up to 15,000 decent-paying jobs, close more mail-sorting plants and end overnight delivery of first-class mail and periodicals.  “At a time when Postal Service revenue is increasing, it makes no sense to eliminate thousands of

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, today warned against Republican efforts to cut Social Security and other programs that help working families. In remarks at a Capitol Hill news conference, Sanders warned that benefits for the disabled and their children face a 20 percent cut next year if the Senate follows

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today will file an amendment that would put the Senate on record acknowledging that climate change is being caused by humans and is a major threat to the planet. Sanders plans to offer the amendment to a bill that would force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. The controversial project would ship

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Antonio Weiss asked President Barack Obama not to renew his nomination to be undersecretary of domestic finance at the Treasury Department: “I have no personal animosity toward Mr. Weiss but I am very glad he withdrew his nomination. The president needs economic advisors who do not

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced that she will not seek re-election in 2016: “Sen. Boxer is one of the great senators of our time and I am sorry that this will be her last session in Congress. She has played an especially vital role in protecting

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 – As a Senate panel today took up a proposal to build a controversial oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that drilling more of the dirtiest oil on the planet would fuel global warming. “The Keystone XL pipeline is not going to be forgotten by our children and our grandchildren