BURLINGTON, Vermont, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter: Following news reports that the pharmaceutical corporation plans to quadruple its price for the COVID-19 vaccine up to $130 per dose, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on Tuesday sent a letter to Moderna's CEO urging the company to reconsider its decision and refrain from any price increase in light of th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to The Guardian on Jan. 9, 2023: * * * Congress Must Listen to Working Families and Overhaul Healthcare, Minimum Wage and Education I am proud to be assuming the chairmanship of the US Senate's health, education, labor and pensions committee (Help), a committee with wide jurisdiction over some of the most important issues facing the American people. As I move into that position I'm thinking about how we can  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Thirty-four percent of large, profitable corporations paid nothing in federal income taxes in 2018, the first year that the Trump tax cuts went into effect, according to a new study prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO also found that, on average, large, profitable American corporations paid less than 9 percent of their profits in federal   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) delivered her first floor speech of the new term, urging her colleagues to oppose the anti-abortion bills the House Republican majority are forcing a vote on. "In every state where abortion rights were on the ballot last year, Americans voted to protect lifesaving reproductive care. In Republican strongholds like Kentucky and Montana, voters rejected a  more