Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) introduced the Streamlining International Food Assistance Act of 2024, legislation that strengthens the United States’ ability to address global hunger by allowing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to use funds from the Food for Peace (FFP) food aid program to provide donations of U.S. commodities,

WASHINGTON, July 12 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and his intention to block arms sales to Israel: While much of the media is focused on the drama of the U.S. presidential election, we must not lose sight of what is happening in Gaza, where an unprecedented humanitarian crisis

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after dangerous flooding struck Vermont this week, one year after the floods of July 2023: It is hard to believe that one year has passed since last summer’s devastating floods – the worst natural disaster Vermont has faced since 1927. That painful memory was made even

WASHINGTON, July 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday, July 11 at 10:00 a.m. ET, will lead the committee in a hearing titled, “What Can Congress Do to End the Medical Debt Crisis in America?” “In the United States of America – the richest country in the history

WASHINGTON, July 2 – President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Sen. Bernie Sanders, today released a joint op-ed calling on Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies to stop ripping off the American people and substantially reduce the price of Ozempic, Wegovy, and other prescription drugs. Since

WASHINGTON, July 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday issued the following statement on the right-wing takeover of the United States Supreme Court in its spate of recent decisions: Over the years, among other disastrous rulings, this right-wing court has given us Citizens United, which created a corrupt, billionaire dominated political system. It overturned Roe v. Wade, removing women’s constitutional right to control