Press Releases

Under Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, Netanyahu must expand humanitarian aid access and deliveries to Gaza or forfeit U.S. military assistance WASHINGTON, March 12 – Amid the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and five Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Monday sent a letter to President Joe

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday evening held a youth choral concert and town meeting on the importance of arts education. Held at the Dibden Center for the Arts on Vermont State University’s campus in Johnson, the concert featured nine Vermont elementary, middle, high school, and college choirs singing songs that ranged from traditional to

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a roundtable discussion at the Vermont State House on Saturday afternoon with the student finalists of his fourteenth annual State of the Union Essay contest. The contest gives Vermont high school students the opportunity to describe a major issue facing our country and propose what they would do to solve

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on President Biden’s decision to build an emergency port to immediately deliver critical supplies to Gaza: I welcome President Biden’s decision to direct the U.S. military to establish an emergency port on the Gaza coast to allow large quantities of food, water, medicine, and other essential supplies

WASHINGTON, March 7 – With the United States on track to spend more than $1 trillion on the military this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and five colleagues this week sent a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urging him to reconstitute the World War II-era Truman Committee to investigate war profiteering and price gouging in the American military

WASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “The Older Americans Act: Supporting Efforts to Meet the Needs of Seniors.” Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watch here: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions