Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Following the news that the CEO of Moderna will accept an invitation to testify in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee next month, Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the growth of greed in the pharmaceutical industry and what Congress can do to end it. 

Company Features Prominently in New Majority Staff Report on “Pharma Pandemic Profiteers” WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced on Wednesday that Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel will testify next month in front of the committee for a hearing entitled, “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today issued the following statement after Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz refused to appear in front of the committee to testify about his company’s long-running noncompliance with federal labor law: “It is disappointing, but not surprising, that Howard Schultz, the CEO and director

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced Tuesday that the panel will hold a hearing this Thursday, February 16, at 10 a.m. titled, “Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?” According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will face

BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 14 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a roundtable discussion at the Vermont State House on Saturday morning with the student finalists of his 13th annual State of the Union Essay contest. The contest gives Vermont high school students the opportunity to identify a major issue facing the country and propose what they would do to address

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Monday hosted a town hall at the U.S. Capitol entitled “Respecting our Teachers: A Town Hall on the Teacher Pay Crisis in America.” He was joined by Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association (NEA), and Randi Weingarten, President of the