Press Releases

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

WASHINGTON, January 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after Congress approved legislation that extends green energy incentives as part of a bill to preserve tax cuts for working families: “This agreement preserves incentives for the development of clean energy by encouraging companies that are creating jobs in America and helping reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and leaders of The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veterans’ organizations today denounced proposals to cut veterans’ disability benefits as part of a year-end deal on deficits. A member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Budget Committee, Sanders said there are better approaches to deficit reduction than

Let me begin by thanking the American Legion; the Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Disabled American Veterans; the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; the Paralyzed Veterans of America; the Blinded Veterans Association; and the many other veterans’ organizations who are here this morning and who have spoken out on this issue.  Some of the full statements from the veterans’

“Newtown, Conn., and our entire country have experienced an unspeakable and unimaginable tragedy. As President Obama has stated we, as a nation, must do everything we can to put an end to the epidemic of mass killings that we have seen in recent years. “No knowledgeable person believes that there is one easy, 15-second-soundbite answer to this crisis.  We need

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after Sen. Daniel K. Inouye passed away today at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: “The Senate lost a very good man today. He was giant among senators who treated everyone with respect and dignity.  He was a World War II veteran who earned the nation’s highest