Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today chaired a hearing on the deadly consequences and “invisible plague” that would occur if congressional Republicans are allowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “How many people will die if the Affordable Care Act is repealed?” Sanders asked at the outset of the hearing. He cited a Harvard study that found

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the nomination of Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve: “I look forward to meeting with Janet Yellen to learn more about her views on a number of important issues.  First, I want to know if she will act boldly and with a fierce sense of urgency

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told a Capitol Hill news conference today that the government shutdown is hurting veterans. Some 7,000 Department of Veterans Affairs workers who had begun to shrink a backlog in disability benefits claims have been laid off. The call center has been shut down for veterans wanting to take

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today attended oral arguments before the Supreme Court in a case that justices could use to throw out some legal limits on contributions by individual donors to political campaigns. “Freedom of speech, in my view, does not mean the freedom to buy the United States government,” Sanders told a rally outside the

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today urged Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to treat National Guard and Reserve members and civilian employees the same as other military personnel who may be paid even during a partial government shutdown.  After the shutdown began on Tuesday, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed legislation to

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) cosponsored a bill to compensate federal workers furloughed because most of the United States government is shut down. “Federal workers in Vermont and around the country should not have to pay the price for the House Republicans’ refusal to keep the government open,” Sanders said. “These dedicated workers have families to feed