Press Releases

Senator Bernie Sanders May 10, 2012 I am proud to be here today with Congressman Ellison, with my good friend and fellow Vermonter Bill McKibben, with Brent Blackwelder from Friends of the Earth and Ryan Alexander from Taxpayers for Common Sense. We are here today not just to announce new legislation, but to send a message – and that message

WASHINGTON, May 10 – Speaking at a news conference today outside the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) announced legislation to end billions of dollars in oil, coal and gas subsidies. “The American people are asking how can it be that at a time when so many in Congress are calling for savage cuts to

WASHINGTON, May 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Postal Service reported quarterly losses:  “Understated in the Postal Service’s financial report of today is one simple fact: Ninety-four percent of the Postal Service’s losses this year are a direct result of an onerous payment, unprecedented in either government agencies or private corporations, to

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after President Obama announced that he supports same-sex marriage: “I applaud the president’s historic announcement and his commitment to equal rights for all Americans.  I am proud to represent the first state in the country to allow civil unions and the first state where the Legislature allowed

WASHINGTON, May 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s decision to abandon plans to close 3,600 rural post offices, including 15 in Vermont, but voiced reservations about a new plan to cut hours of operation. Sanders called on the House to pass a Postal Service reform bill that a bipartisan majority of senators approved on

WASHINGTON, May 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on Sunday’s elections in France and elsewhere in Europe where voters rejected austerity measures unfairly shouldered by working families:  “In the United States and around the world, the middle class is in steep decline while the wealthy and large corporations are doing phenomenally well. The message sent