Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 25 – Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) on Tuesday issued the following statement announcing a bipartisan deal on legislation to lower drug prices in America: “We are happy to announce that we’ve come to an agreement to consider critical pieces of legislation to reform pharmacy

WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today announced that the committee will hold a markup this Wednesday, April 26 at 10 a.m. ET on the nomination of Julie Su to serve as Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor. “I strongly support Julie Su’s nomination,” said Chairman Sanders. “She

WASHINGTON, April 21 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will host a livestream discussion with Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, on the mental health crisis facing young people in America on Tuesday, April 25, at 6:00 p.m. ET. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,

WASHINGTON, April 21 – Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced on Friday that the committee will hold a hearing entitled “The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans” on Wednesday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The CEOs from the major insulin manufacturers, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, and

WASHINGTON, April 18 – While 41 Senate Republicans recently introduced legislation to permanently repeal the estate tax – which would provide a $1.8 trillion tax giveaway to billionaires in America and would only provide relief to the top one-tenth of one percent – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today introduced a

The live-streamed event will feature care workers from California, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina WASHINGTON, April 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday, April 18, will be joined by Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), chairman of the HELP Subcommittee on Children and Families, Ai-jen Poo, President of National Domestic Workers