WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: As Republicans threaten cuts to Social Security and other essential federal programs, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced legislation that would expand Social Security benefits by $2,400 a year and ensure Social Security is fully funded for the next 75 years - all withou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: As Republicans threaten cuts to Social Security and other essential federal programs, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced legislation that would expand Social Security benefits by $2,400 a year and ensu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2023: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (D-Vt.) today introduced the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act, taking an important step to protect the ecological, recreational, and economic value of these Northern Vermont waterways. The Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act is the first legis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 16, 2023: * * * Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led a committee hearing titled, "Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?" Sanders' opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will come to order. Today we are hol  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: 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 it. "The purpose of this contest is to try to get young people to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2023: * * * 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 of Star  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letters: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) on Thursday sent two letters to the leadership of the United States Postal Service (USPS) demanding answers and accountability regarding postal issues affecting workers and service in communities across Vermont. These letters - one to the USPS Board of Governors and one to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy - were   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2023: * * * 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,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced on Wednesday that Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel will testify next month in front of the committee for a hearing entitled, "Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?" In January, Sanders wrote to Bancel - who became a billionaire after   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced on Wednesday that Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel will testify next month in front of the committee for a hearing entitled, "Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?"   more