Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch and Representative Becca Balint praised today’s announcement by the University of Vermont Health Network (UVMHN) and United Healthcare (UHC) that UVMHN will remain in UHC’s provider network through the end of the 2023 plan year. The announcement follows a March 10th letter from Sanders, Welch, and Balint, who called on United and

WASHINGTON, March 24 – Howard Schultz, who helped lead Starbucks for more than forty years and most recently served as CEO of the company, will on Wednesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. ET appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) at a hearing entitled, “No Company Is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union

WASHINGTON, March 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday introduced legislation to block bank executives like Silicon Valley Bank’s Gregory Becker from serving on regional Federal Reserve boards that regulate the banks they run. “I think it would come as a shock to most Americans to find out that Gregory Becker, the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, who successfully

WASHINGTON, March 22 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?” Sanders’ opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below and can be watched here. The Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, March 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday issued the following statement after the administration rejected a march-in rights petition to lower the price of a vital cancer drug: “I am extremely disappointed that the Biden Administration denied a petition by prostate cancer patients to substantially reduce the

Montpelier, Vt. March 21 – Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Peter Welch, and Representative Becca Balint today announced that President Joseph Biden has declared a Major Disaster for Chittenden, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, and Washington counties, which suffered substantial damage during the December 22-24, 2022 winter storm. A Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) by the Federal