Chair's Press

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today issued the following statement after the CEO of Steward Health Care, Dr. Ralph de la Torre, refused to appear before the Committee despite a bipartisan subpoena compelling his testimony: I am disappointed, but...

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), on Tuesday issued the following statement after drugmaker Eli Lilly agreed to significantly lower the list price for the starter dose of its weight loss drug Zepbound: Last month, President Biden and I...

WASHINGTON, July 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in a bipartisan 20-1 vote to reauthorize, expand, and strengthen the Older Americans Act (OAA) – critical legislation that will substantially increase funding for services for older Americans. This...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today introduced legislation to address the long COVID crisis that is affecting more than 22 million adults and 1 million children across the United States – and millions more around the globe. The Long COVID Research...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nomination of Mary Kay Lanthier, of Orwell, Vermont, to be the next District Court judge for the District of Vermont. President Biden nominated Lanthier at the joint recommendation of Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Her nomination was advanced by the...

WASHINGTON, July 30 – The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee this Wednesday, July 31, will hold a markup of critical bipartisan legislation to strengthen and modernize services for older Americans, bolster programs and research related to autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities, and advance programs...

NEWS: With Bipartisan Vote, Sanders Leads HELP Committee Investigation into Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and Subpoenas Its CEO This is the first subpoena issued by the HELP Committee since 1981 WASHINGTON, July 25 – As private equity’s grip on the American health care system grows stronger and more dangerous, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),...

WASHINGTON, July 24 – The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) announced last week that the committee will hold a bipartisan vote tomorrow, on Thursday, July 25, at 10:00 a.m. ET, to authorize an investigation into the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care and subpoena the company’s CEO.The subpoena would compel Dr. Ralph...

WASHINGTON, July 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released an interim report yesterday as part of the sweeping investigation he launched into Amazon’s unacceptable corporate greed and abysmal workplace safety practices. As part of this report, Sanders is making public, for...

WASHINGTON, July 2 – President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Sen. Bernie Sanders, today released a joint op-ed calling on Novo Nordisk and other pharmaceutical companies to stop ripping off the American people and substantially reduce the price of Ozempic,...

WASHINGTON, June 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) today released a new report detailing the coordinated and growing effort to undermine, dismantle, and privatize the American public education system. This report comes after Sanders led the committee in a hearing last...

WASHINGTON, June 21 – Amid record-breaking corporate profits and unprecedented corporate greed, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced he will soon introduce legislation that would impose a 95 percent windfall tax on the excessive profits of large corporations that are using inflation as an excuse to charge the American people outrageous prices on...

WASHINGTON, June 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today led the committee in a hearing titled, “The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low, Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools.” Sanders’ remarks, as prepared for...

WASHINGTON, June 18 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday, June 20 at 9:00 a.m. ET, will lead the committee in a hearing titled, “The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low, Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools.”“If...

WASHINGTON, June 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today spoke on the floor of the Senate about the outrageous costs major pharmaceutical companies charge for prescription drugs in the United States, including Novo Nordisk which charges the American people up to 10...

WASHINGTON, June 11 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), on Wednesday, June 12 at 10:00 a.m. ET, will lead the committee in a hearing titled, “The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Supporting Efforts to Meet the Needs of Youth, Workers, and Employers.”In the United...

WASHINGTON, June 11 – At a time when the United States pays, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced today that the committee will, on Tuesday, June 18, vote to subpoena the President of Novo Nordisk...

WASHINGTON, June 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Saturday issued the following statement after Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the largest manufacturers of inhaler products in the United States, began its program to cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 per month for its...

WASHINGTON, May 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today led the committee in marking up legislation on public health and on the nomination of Stephen H. Ravas to be Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service. Sanders’ remarks, as prepared...

WASHINGTON, May 21 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday after the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed a new policy to require companies that make drugs invented by NIH scientists more accessible: Let me thank Dr....