Press Releases

WASHINGTON, May 21 – As President Trump and congressional Republicans are working overtime to make college unaffordable and unattainable for millions of working-class families in order to provide tax breaks to billionaires, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and nine Senate colleagues, today introduced legislation

WASHINGTON, May 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced he will hold a press conference Monday with health care, business and community leaders to discuss the crisis in Vermont’s health care system and call for immediate action.  As independent health care providers, nonprofit insurers, federally qualified health centers and rural hospitals in Vermont struggle to stay afloat, Congressional Republicans

WASHINGTON, May 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, alongside Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby”

WASHINGTON, May 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today  gave remarks on the floor of the Senate opposing Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill which will cut Medicaid, nutrition, education, and other programs for working families.  Sanders remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched HERE: The American people, whether they are Democrats, Republicans or Independents, understand that we

Trump Cuts Cancer Research by 31 Percent WASHINGTON, May 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a new report uncovering the far-reaching scope of Trump’s attacks on science and their impact on public health. “Since January, Trump has launched an unprecedented, illegal and outrageous attack on science

WASHINGTON, May 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive order from this morning, which claims it will slash drug costs by tying the prices of some medicine in the U.S. to the significantly lower ones abroad: I agree with