Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he looks forward to meeting with Chuck Hagel to discuss the former senator’s nomination to be defense secretary. In a letter to Hagel, Sanders outlined priorities that he asked Hagel to address. They include closer ties between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, curbing defense

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 16 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today in response to President Barack Obama’s proposals on gun violence: “As a nation, we must do everything we can to end the horror of mass killings that we have seen at Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., Blacksburg, Va., Tucson, Ariz. and in other American communities. As the

MONTPELIER, Vt., Jan. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Jacob Lew to be treasury secretary: “Jack Lew is clearly an extremely intelligent person and I applaud his many years of public service to our country. I believe that he will be confirmed by the Senate. Unfortunately, he will be confirmed

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 9 – With the departure of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said today he will reintroduce legislation that would prohibit financial industry executives from sitting on the 12 regional Fed boards of directors. “Jamie Dimon was the poster child for why we need to end

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 9 – Coming off the hottest year on record in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that he will introduce legislation to move aggressively to reverse global warming.  “The scientific data is clear that global warming is real and significantly caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels,” Sanders said. “After the hottest

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today in response to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ruling out more revenue to help lower deficits: “Sen. McConnell is dead wrong when he rules out additional revenue as part of the solution to our deficit crisis. He is also wrong when he suggests the solution