| Nov. 14, 2023
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Chairman Sanders Leads HELP Committee Hearing on Labor Movement Resurgence and the Fight Against Corporate Greed
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 30, 2023
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NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Pandemic Assistance Helped Reduce Credit Card Debt for America's Working Class for First Time in Over a Decade
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 26, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Asks Hospital Executives to Reconsider Decision Not to Testify at Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing in New Jersey on America's Nursing Crisis
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 12, 2023
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MEDIA ADVISORY: As Nurses Strike for Safer Working Conditions at Hospitals, Sanders to Hold Senate HELP Committee Field Hearing in New Jersey on America's Nursing Crisis
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 5, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Sends Letter to Federal Call Center Contractor on Worker Demands for Better Pay
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 3, 2023
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Warren, Whitehouse, Van Hollen, Sanders Urge Treasury to Use Rulemaking Authority to Close Loopholes, Make Tax System Fairer
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 30, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Statement on Vote to Avert Shutdown
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 25, 2023
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Warren, Senators Urge Treasury Department to Address Climate-Related Financial Risks
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 19, 2023
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Senator Warren, Rep. Balint, and Lawmakers Urge FTC and DOJ to Finalize Merger Guidelines, Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement to Protect Consumers
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Rep. Becca Balint
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| Sept. 17, 2023
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Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 15, 2023
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Baldwin, Sanders, Wyden Lead Colleagues Pushing Biden Administration to Continue Strengthening Protections Against "Junk" Insurance Plans
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Aug. 22, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Stands in Solidarity with Nearly 2,000 Nurses on Strike at One of New Jersey's Biggest Hospitals
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 31, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders to Vote "No' on Debt Ceiling Deal
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 18, 2023
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NEWS: As Republicans Demand Major Cuts to Hurt Working Americans, 11 Senate Democrats Urge President Biden to Prepare to Invoke the 14th Amendment to Avoid Default
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 30, 2023
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State of the Union: Interview With Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| March 29, 2023
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PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 19, 2023
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"Face the Nation" on Feb. 19, 2023
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 15, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Statement on Starbucks CEO Refusal to Testify
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 15, 2023
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NEWS: Moderna CEO Agrees to Testify in Senate HELP Committee
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 13, 2023
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NEWS: Amid Republican Threats to Social Security, Sanders, Warren, Schakowsky, Hoyle, and Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Increase Benefits and Extend Solvency Through 2096
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 9, 2023
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NEWS: Sanders Demands Paid Sick Days for Rail Workers
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Jan. 18, 2023
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NEWS: In New Letter, Sanders Calls on CEO Howard Schultz to End Starbucks' "Ruthless Union Busting Campaign" Against Own Workers
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Jan. 12, 2023
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Give Major Speech on the State of the Working Class
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 31, 2022
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Tweet - "President Biden is right. At a time when Exxon, Shell and Chevron increased their profits by 168% to $81 billion in the last 2 quarter by charging outrageously high prices at the pump, we need a windfall profits tax. The revenue should go directly back to the American people."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 31, 2022
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Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Congresswoman Dean and Senator Warren, with Colleagues, Warn Fed Chair that Rapid Interest Rate Hikes Could Harm Job Market and Trigger a Recession
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Oct. 31, 2022
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Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - More Than 30 House Democrats Urge Leadership to Undo Threat Posed by Debt Ceiling
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| Oct. 26, 2022
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Tweet - "Jamie Dimon became a billionaire after his bank was fined billions for mortgage fraud, illegally foreclosing on military families & bribing foreign officials. Now, he's in Saudi Arabia to do business with a country partnering with Russia to damage our economy. Pathetic."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 25, 2022
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Tweet - "While the price of a bag of Snickers has more than doubled, Republicans want to give the Mars family, who became 44% richer during the pandemic and are now worth $106 billion, a tax break of up to $42 billion by repealing the estate tax. Yes. Trickle down economics is very scary."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 21, 2022
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Tweet - "While the cost of Halloween candy has surged more than 13.1% since last September, the Mars candy bar family became 44% richer during the pandemic increasing their wealth by $32.6 billion. The Mars family is now worth $106.8 billion. Do you know what's scary? Corporate greed."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 19, 2022
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Tweet - "It's outrageous that multinational corporations are demanding billions in new corporate tax breaks, including $2 billion for Raytheon. Instead, at a time when child poverty is spiking, we need to focus on supporting low-income families by extending the expanded child tax credit."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 19, 2022
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Tweet - "Inflation Rate 🇪🇺: 10.9% 🇩🇪: 10.9% 🇬🇧: 10.1% 🇮🇹: 9.4% 🇪🇸: 9% 🇮🇪: 8.6% 🇺🇸: 8.2% No. Inflation is not going up in the U.S. because the working class got a $1,400 check 19 months ago. Multinational corporations are jacking up prices worldwide."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 17, 2022
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NEWS: New GAO Report Shows Poverty is a Death Sentence Among Older American Households
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Oct. 17, 2022
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Tweet - "The Republican "solution" to inflation is to hold the full faith and credit of the US government hostage unless they are able to enact huge cuts to Social Security and Medicare at a time when 55% of seniors are trying to survive on less than $25,000 a year. Outrageous."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 28, 2022
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NEWS: Rich Got Richer While Middle Class Took on More Debt and Fell Further Behind, According to New CBO Report
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 21, 2022
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Tweet - "During this terrible pandemic, when thousands of essential workers died doing their jobs, some 700 billionaires in America became nearly $2 trillion richer. But the working class is standing up and fighting back."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 13, 2022
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Tweet - "In the midst of a potential rail strike, Warren Buffett, the owner of BNSF Railway's parent company, worth $100 billion must intervene. During the pandemic, Mr. Buffett became $36 billion richer. He must ensure that rail workers receive decent wages and safe working conditions."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Sept. 2, 2022
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Tweet - "Let us have the courage to stand together and fight back against corporate greed. Let us fight back against massive income and wealth inequality. Let us fight back against a corrupt political system."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Aug. 17, 2022
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Tweet - "This is what a rigged economy looks like. On the same day a bill was signed into law to give a $76 billion blank check to micro-chip companies, Intel announced it will be cutting back on plans to increase jobs by $4 billion while increasing dividends for its wealthy shareholders."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Aug. 12, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the SEC - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Push to Prevent Corporate Executives' Insider Trading
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 25, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Gary Gensler, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Senator Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Pushing SEC to Increase Transparency and Strengthen Oversight of Predatory Activist Hedge Funds
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| July 11, 2022
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Tweet - "Today, in America, just three Wall Street firms -- BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street - manage $22 trillion in assets. These three firms are major shareholders in more than 96 percent of S&P 500 companies. Obscene."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 23, 2022
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Tweet - "The oligarchs in Davos party, the poor suffer. While 260 million people throughout the world will likely be pushed into extreme poverty this year -- trying to survive on less than $2 a day -- over 2,000 billionaires across the globe became $3.78 trillion richer during the pandemic."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 13, 2022
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Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. While Americans are struggling at the pump, in the first three months of this year, 21 oil and gas companies made over $41 billion in profits, more than double their profits from last year. The problem is not inflation. The problem is corporate greed."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| May 6, 2022
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Letter to Tammy Baldwin, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Other Related Agencies; and John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Other Related Agencies -
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| April 1, 2022
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Tweet - "The organizing victory at Amazon on Staten Island is a signal that American workers will no longer accept exploitation. They're tired of working longer hours for lower wages. They want an economy that works for all, not just Jeff Bezos. Congratulations to @amazonlabor ."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| April 1, 2022
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Chairman Sanders to Hold Budget Committee Hearing on Corporate Greed
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| March 31, 2022
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Letter to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States - Extend the Payment Pause and Cancel Student Debt
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| March 25, 2022
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Sanders Introduces Legislation to Reinstate the WWII Windfall Profit Tax to Combat Rising Inequality, Inflation, and Corporate Profiteering
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| March 15, 2022
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Tweet - "Why is the price of oil LOWER today than it was in 2014 while the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide is 80 cents a gallon HIGHER than it was eight years ago? Answer: Corporate greed. Now is no time for profiteering. Now is the time for a windfall profits tax."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| March 10, 2022
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Sanders Statement on End of MLB Lockout
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| March 8, 2022
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Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader of the House - Addressing Rising Prices and Severe Supply Chain Issues, Sinema Urges Congressional Leaders to Continue Boosting American Semiconductor Investments
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| Feb. 28, 2022
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Tweet - "Corporate greed is Amazon blaming a 17% increase in its prime membership fees on labor costs while its profits soared 56% last year to $33 billion & Jeff Bezos became $74 billion richer during the pandemic. The problem is not the Amazon worker making $15 an hour. It's greed."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 23, 2022
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Tweet - "Corporate greed is Tyson Foods raising the price of beef by 35% while its owner became $1.6 billion richer during the pandemic, its profits skyrocketed by 140% last quarter to $1.12 billion and its CEO got a 22% raise last year to $14 million. It's not inflation. It's greed."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 20, 2022
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Tweet - "Today in America: - the two richest people own more wealth than the bottom 40% - the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 92% That level of inequality is immoral and unsustainable."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 14, 2022
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Tweet - "The billionaire class has seen its wealth explode during the pandemic while half of our people continue to live paycheck to paycheck."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 12, 2022
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Tweet - "Corporate greed is Kroger giving its CEO a 296% pay raise over the past decade, increasing profits by 23.5% in 2021, seeing its stock price jump 36% in the past year and spending $1.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, while 44% of Kroger workers can't afford rent."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Feb. 9, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Kaine Joins Senate Colleagues in Push to Reinstate COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Feb. 8, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Following The 29th Anniversary Of FMLA, Gillibrand Leads Senate Colleagues In Push To Reinstate Covid-19 Emergency Paid Sick And Family Leave
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Jan. 26, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Lofgren, Panetta, Costa & Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Take Further Action to Ease Supply Chain Problems, Allow American Farmers to Fairly Compete Globally
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| Jan. 24, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - Costa calls on Biden to take further action on supply chain crisis
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| Jan. 20, 2022
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Sanders Stands with Over 8,000 Striking Kroger Workers and Demands Grocery Chain Reach a Fair Agreement
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Jan. 14, 2022
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Sanders and Colleagues Demand Major Wall Street Firm Back Striking Alabama Miners
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Jan. 13, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Brown, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Jan. 12, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Continue and Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency COVID-19 Protections for Health Care Workers
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Jan. 12, 2022
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Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States and Hon. Martin Walsh, Secretary of Labor - Gillibrand Leads 20 Colleagues In Calling On Biden Administration To Continue And Make Permanent OSHA's Emergency Covid-19 Protections For Health Care Workers; Protections Have Been Allowed To Lapse
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Jan. 7, 2022
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Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Consumer Protection from Rising Gas, Home Heating, and Energy Costs
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Dec. 20, 2021
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Letter to Andy Jassy, President and CEO of Amazon and Jeffrey Bezos, Executive Chair of Amazon - Brown Demands Answers From Amazon on Labor Practices, Asks Department of Labor to Investigate
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Dec. 17, 2021
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Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader; Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader - Small Business Economic Health and Wellbeing Needs to Remain a Top Priority
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Sen. Peter Welch, ...
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| Dec. 11, 2021
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Tweet - "Today, our younger generations have a lower standard of living than their parents did at their age. Meanwhile, the cost of housing is 72% higher and the cost of college is 163% higher than it was 20 years ago -- after adjusting for inflation. The time for action is NOW."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Dec. 8, 2021
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Tweet - "When a small number of people at the top are doing phenomenally well, while millions of people struggle, maybe, just maybe, it's time we stand up for the working class of this country."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Dec. 7, 2021
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Tweet - "If the founder of Starbucks can become nearly $2 BILLION richer during the pandemic, yes, Starbucks can afford to pay its workers a living wage.:"
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Dec. 7, 2021
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Tweet - "Why should we accept a reality in which the rich have so much while so many have so little?"
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Dec. 3, 2021
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Letter to Walter J. Scheller CEO Warrior Met Coal Inc. - Negotiate A Fair Contract With Workers Union
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
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| Dec. 2, 2021
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Tweet - "We must build an economy that works for all Americans, not just billionaires and large corporations. Period."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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| Nov. 27, 2021
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Tweet - "It is expensive to raise kids, and working class parents are struggling. By expanding the Child Tax Credit we have helped millions of families and are cutting childhood poverty by 45%. A great accomplishment. Yet, not one Republican will vote to extend that program. Pathetic."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
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