Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday will welcome Finland’s Ambassador to the United States Mikko Hautala to Vermont to exchange ideas about what Vermonters can learn from Finland and what Finland can learn from Vermont on a range of issues, including health care, education, housing, and the environment. During the visit, Sen. Sanders and Ambassador

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today held student town meetings in Rutland and Bennington to speak with students at Rutland High School and Mount Anthony Union High School. In addition, Sanders made several visits to meet with veterans from the Dodge House, the Bennington Veterans Outreach Center, and the Vermont Veterans’ Home. He also met with

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday will hold town meetings with students at Rutland High School and Mount Anthony Union High School. At the town meetings, Sanders will hold a question and answer session to hear directly from students about the issues that matter most to them and to discuss how the federal government can

Families in the top 10 percent held more than two-thirds of all wealth, while families in the bottom 25 percent on average had more debt than assets WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 — According to a new report requested by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), wealth inequality for families in the United States has

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)—the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere—and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released the following statements after their resolution supporting democratic institutions in Brazil was passed by the Senate. The move comes amid Brazilians’ fears that the results of next week’s general election could be undermined by President Bolsonaro, who