Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike, while failing to pass an amendment to guarantee paid sick days to rail workers: “I’m proud that the House of Representatives passed legislation to guarantee seven days of paid sick leave for all rail

WASHINGTON, November 30 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Wednesday issued the following joint statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation averting a rail

WASHINGTON, November 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 61-36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, major legislation to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law: “In the year 2022, we will not let an extremist Supreme Court drag us back in time. I was proud

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has launched his thirteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest. Each year, the President of the United States delivers the “State of the Union” address to a joint session of Congress, which outlines priorities for the coming year. Sanders knows that great ideas can come from anyone – not just

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), longtime member and former chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, on Friday will join the St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony to honor and commemorate our Vermont veterans. Details:What: St. Albans Veterans Day Parade and CeremonyWhen: Friday, November 11, 10:30 AMWhere: Taylor Park, 36 North Main Street, St. Albans

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 10 – As part of “Vermont Day,” a biannual educational trip organized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for Vermont students, 90 high schoolers from Oxbow High School and Spaulding High School traveled to the nonpartisan Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston on Wednesday to learn firsthand about democracy and the Senate legislative