Press Releases

Today, a typical McDonald’s worker would have to work more than 1,200 years to earn the $17.77 million in compensation that McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski was paid in 2022. In the 1970s, CEOs of successful U.S. corporations received roughly 20-30 times the average pay of their company’s middle-class workers. Today, a CEO at the largest 350 U.S. publicly-owned firms makes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments rejecting the idea of a two-state solution: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu recently said, “In any future arrangement…Israel needs security control of all territory west of the Jordan,” adding that, “I told this truth to our friends, the Americans…the prime

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 – At a time when the United States pays, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced today that the committee will, on Wednesday, January 31, hold votes to issue subpoenas for Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this evening forced a first-of-its-kind Senate floor vote on a resolution under Section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act. An overlooked tool of Congressional oversight, Section 502B(c) allows Congress to direct the State Department to provide a human rights report and other information on any country receiving U.S. security assistance. Sanders’ resolution

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Thursday, January 18 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, “Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care.” “The impacts of this pandemic are still being felt by millions of families,” said Sanders. “We cannot turn our backs

Congress has not voted to request a human rights report under 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act since its enactment into law in 1976  After more than 100 days of war, more than 23,000 Gazans have been killed, more than 85% of the population in Gaza has been displaced, 50% of Gaza risks starvation, and more than 130 hostages have