Senator Bernie Sanders
@sanders.senate.gov
Sen. Sanders of Vermont, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is the longest-serving independent in congressional history.
Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Hello, Elon Musk!
Just a couple of questions for you:
Just a couple of questions for you:
We are spending $1 trillion every year on the military. That's more than the next NINE nations combined.
Meanwhile, millions lack health care & we have the highest childhood and senior poverty rate of almost any major country.
Congress needs to get its priorities straight.
Meanwhile, millions lack health care & we have the highest childhood and senior poverty rate of almost any major country.
Congress needs to get its priorities straight.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We are spending $1 trillion every year on the military. That's more than the next NINE nations combined.
Meanwhile, millions lack health care & we have the highest childhood and senior poverty rate of almost any major country.
Congress needs to get its priorities straight.
Meanwhile, millions lack health care & we have the highest childhood and senior poverty rate of almost any major country.
Congress needs to get its priorities straight.
Heavy rains have deepened Gaza's misery, flooding tents in which many thousands of people are huddled, exposed to winter. A baby recently died of hypothermia.
Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, including tents. Nothing but silence from Trump. We must not forget Gaza.
Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, including tents. Nothing but silence from Trump. We must not forget Gaza.
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Heavy rains have deepened Gaza's misery, flooding tents in which many thousands of people are huddled, exposed to winter. A baby recently died of hypothermia.
Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, including tents. Nothing but silence from Trump. We must not forget Gaza.
Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, including tents. Nothing but silence from Trump. We must not forget Gaza.
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
Rather than respecting the right of its doctors to advocate for better working conditions and care for patients, University Hospitals in Ohio chose to fire pediatricians Drs. Beene and Fouts-Fowler for speaking up.
University Hospitals must immediately reinstate these doctors.
University Hospitals must immediately reinstate these doctors.
Two pediatricians say they were fired from University Hospitals after raising concerns about patient safety.
Doctors claim retaliation, defamation in lawsuit against University Hospitals
Two Cleveland-area pediatricians sue University Hospitals, claiming they were fired for raising patient safety concerns and defamed in a smear campaign.
www.cleveland.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Rather than respecting the right of its doctors to advocate for better working conditions and care for patients, University Hospitals in Ohio chose to fire pediatricians Drs. Beene and Fouts-Fowler for speaking up.
University Hospitals must immediately reinstate these doctors.
University Hospitals must immediately reinstate these doctors.
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Congratulations to the people of Chandler, AZ, who — despite a fierce lobbying campaign — defeated a massive AI data center that would have raised utility bills and drained scarce water.
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations to the people of Chandler, AZ, who — despite a fierce lobbying campaign — defeated a massive AI data center that would have raised utility bills and drained scarce water.
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!
Congratulations to every House Democrat and 20 Republicans for voting to restore the constitutional right to a union for over a million federal employees. The Senate must pass this bipartisan provision immediately.
All workers, including federal employees, have the right to be in a union.
All workers, including federal employees, have the right to be in a union.
House votes to repeal Trump order ending union rights at federal agencies
Twenty Republicans joined with Democrats to overturn the order, but it faces steep odds in the Senate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to every House Democrat and 20 Republicans for voting to restore the constitutional right to a union for over a million federal employees. The Senate must pass this bipartisan provision immediately.
All workers, including federal employees, have the right to be in a union.
All workers, including federal employees, have the right to be in a union.
Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
Israel’s war against journalists must end | Video by Dylan Collins
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Israel has killed 249 journalists in the last 2 years.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
That's more than were killed in WWII & the Vietnam War put together.
A Vermonter, Dylan Collins, was wounded in one of these attacks, which killed another reporter. This war against journalists must be investigated & ended.
We spend twice as much per capita on health care as almost any nation on Earth. We pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world. 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We spend twice as much per capita on health care as almost any nation on Earth. We pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world. 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
Republicans — pathetically — have nothing serious to say about the health care crisis.
Republicans voted for a trillion dollars in tax breaks for the 1%, but they couldn't vote to protect 20 million Americans from seeing a doubling — on average — of their health care premiums.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Republicans voted for a trillion dollars in tax breaks for the 1%, but they couldn't vote to protect 20 million Americans from seeing a doubling — on average — of their health care premiums.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
Pleased to see Dylan Collins and his family today.
Dylan is a Vermonter & an American hero — a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack while reporting in Lebanon.
For more than two years he’s been demanding an investigation of that criminal act. We stand with him.
Dylan is a Vermonter & an American hero — a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack while reporting in Lebanon.
For more than two years he’s been demanding an investigation of that criminal act. We stand with him.
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pleased to see Dylan Collins and his family today.
Dylan is a Vermonter & an American hero — a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack while reporting in Lebanon.
For more than two years he’s been demanding an investigation of that criminal act. We stand with him.
Dylan is a Vermonter & an American hero — a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack while reporting in Lebanon.
For more than two years he’s been demanding an investigation of that criminal act. We stand with him.
Make America Healthy Again. Really?
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Make America Healthy Again. Really?
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
Double ACA premiums. Kick 15 million off health care. Undermine lifesaving vaccines and spark disease outbreaks.
The Trump administration is endangering the health of the American people.
Trump says it's an A++++ economy. He's right. His billionaire friends have never had it better.
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump says it's an A++++ economy. He's right. His billionaire friends have never had it better.
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
If you're a working class person:
👉60% live paycheck to paycheck
👉Grocery prices at record highs
👉Premiums to double for 20+ million
The economy must work for all, not just the 1%
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Nurses are the backbone of our health care system. They deserve respect.
Unfortunately, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Texas has hired union busters to stop nurses from unionizing. Unacceptable.
I stand with these brave nurses in the struggle for justice & against corporate greed.
Unfortunately, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Texas has hired union busters to stop nurses from unionizing. Unacceptable.
I stand with these brave nurses in the struggle for justice & against corporate greed.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nurses are the backbone of our health care system. They deserve respect.
Unfortunately, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Texas has hired union busters to stop nurses from unionizing. Unacceptable.
I stand with these brave nurses in the struggle for justice & against corporate greed.
Unfortunately, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Texas has hired union busters to stop nurses from unionizing. Unacceptable.
I stand with these brave nurses in the struggle for justice & against corporate greed.
Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics.
Some questions:
Some questions:
December 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yes. We have to worry about AI and robotics.
Some questions:
Some questions:
Larry Ellison, the world’s 2nd-richest man, predicts an AI surveillance state where “we’re constantly recording & reporting everything.”
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Larry Ellison, the world’s 2nd-richest man, predicts an AI surveillance state where “we’re constantly recording & reporting everything.”
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Are we headed toward a future where every call, text, email & search is tracked by billionaires?
That's not democracy. It's authoritarianism.
Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
We must pass Medicare for All.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
We must pass Medicare for All.
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
Sec. Kennedy must appear before the HELP Committee to explain why his vaccine advisory committee, in strong disagreement with the medical & scientific community, voted to end a decades-long recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.
This vaccine saves lives.
This vaccine saves lives.
Breaking News: A federal vaccine committee voted to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, a highly infectious virus that leads to chronic liver disease in most infected children.
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sec. Kennedy must appear before the HELP Committee to explain why his vaccine advisory committee, in strong disagreement with the medical & scientific community, voted to end a decades-long recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.
This vaccine saves lives.
This vaccine saves lives.
Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
At one point or another, we're all going to need to see a doctor.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
At one point or another, we're all going to need to see a doctor.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
But our health care system remains unaffordable, inaccessible, and deeply dysfunctional. It is unacceptable.
That’s why a strong majority of Americans agree: We need Medicare for All.
Workers at Caesars Horseshoe Casino in Indiana this week are voting to form a union in the face of aggressive and illegal union busting.
I applaud their courageous effort and strongly support their fight for a union against outrageous corporate greed.
I applaud their courageous effort and strongly support their fight for a union against outrageous corporate greed.
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Workers at Caesars Horseshoe Casino in Indiana this week are voting to form a union in the face of aggressive and illegal union busting.
I applaud their courageous effort and strongly support their fight for a union against outrageous corporate greed.
I applaud their courageous effort and strongly support their fight for a union against outrageous corporate greed.