Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, March 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said the Pentagon must corral wasteful spending before Congress approves additional spending levels for defense above the current law spending cap. Sanders, who has for years pressed the Pentagon to get control of waste, fraud and abuse by military contractors, asked new Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON, March 3 – In a statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today renewed his support for diplomatic efforts by the United States and other world powers to negotiate an agreement to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. “More than a decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the House relented and passed legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security through this September: “After weeks of an unnecessary, self-made crisis, the House finally has agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security. This is welcome news for the department’s 2,500 workers in Vermont, their

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after House Republicans pushed the Department of Homeland Security toward the brink of a midnight Friday shutdown before passing a one-week extension: “At a time when ISIS is a growing terrorist threat to the United States and countries around the world, it is incomprehensible that the Republican

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, today issued the following statement on the appointment of Keith Hall to be the Congressional Budget Office director. “I look forward to working with Keith Hall in his new role as head of the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO staff has played a critical role in