Press Releases

“The recent announcements from the Department were a welcome first step…But now, it is imperative that we all work together to ensure no student falls through the cracks or faces unnecessary challenges in accessing the aid they are due,” wrote the members in a letter to the Department of Education. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 – As the traditional May 1st “college

“As long as this bill contains money to fund Netanyahu’s cruel war, I will do everything I can to oppose it. I urge my colleagues to do the same.” “This is really quite unbelievable – does the United States Congress really want to provide more military aid to Netanyahu so that he can annihilate thousands and thousands more innocent men,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on his opposition to the latest $95 billion supplemental appropriations bill under consideration in the Senate: Earlier today, I voted NO on the motion to proceed to the latest supplemental appropriations bill. Let me be clear: So long as this bill contains $10 billion to enable Netanyahu’s

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement on his opposition to the foreign aid supplemental bill under consideration in the Senate: I will be voting NO on the motion to proceed on the supplemental appropriations bill that the Senate will be voting on today. Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas’s terrorism,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), will hold a hearing Thursday, February 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET titled, “Why Does the United States Pay, by Far, the Highest Prices in the World for Prescription Drugs?” with the CEOs of Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck all

Big Pharma’s Business Model: Corporate Greed WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) released today a new report detailing the rigged system that allows Big Pharma to charge Americans the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. The HELP Committee Majority Staff uncovered how three U.S.