Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), alongside 10 Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon expressing outrage over the Trump administration’s harmful decision to indefinitely pause student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan. The senators demanded clarity for the

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday will kick off a series of seven celebrations for older Vermonters, taking place this month across the state in Burlington, Bennington, Castleton, Brattleboro, Barre, St. Johnsbury and Newport. Sanders’ office is hosting these events for seniors to come together, enjoy good music and food, and connect with each other.

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 13 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, today announced he would introduce the Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act.  The legislation — unveiled ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law — reverses the disastrous

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 11 – Ahead of the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will join Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, policy experts and Social Security beneficiaries for a press call on Wednesday calling on Congress to protect benefits

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 5 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after the Trump administration moved to cancel $7 billion in funding for the Solar for All program — legislation that Sanders wrote to provide loans or grants to working class families to help cover the cost of installing solar rooftops or participating in community-based solar projects:

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 4 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on them to reverse departmental guidance intended to throw people off of