Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today joined President Joe Biden in Concord, New Hampshire at the New Hampshire Technical Institute for an event on their work to lower prescription drug costs for the American people. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and the

The attack – that has gone uninvestigated for over a year – killed a Reuters journalist and left six others from Reuters, AFP, and Al Jazeera injured, including Vermonter Dylan Collins  Congress will soon consider Sanders’s Joint Resolutions of Disapproval of the sale of additional arms to Israel, including the same rounds used against Collins and his colleagues  WASHINGTON, Oct.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued the following statement on the death of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a war criminal who masterminded the brutal October 7th terrorist attack that killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages, is now dead. There is now no justification for Prime Minister Netanyahu and

The HELP Committee will examine how the FDA can reduce diabetes and obesity by requiring mandatory warning labels on unhealthy foods and beverages WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today announced that the committee will hold a hearing on December 5 at 10:00 a.m. ET about

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack in Israel: Today marks one year since the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, and took some 250 hostages, including Americans, many of whom are still being held

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement in support of the 50,000 port workers in the International Longshoreman’s Association who went on strike this week across the country: I stand in strong solidarity with the 50,000 port workers in the International Longshoreman’s