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NEWS: Sanders, 34 Senators Demand McMahon Reverse Failed Policies, Protect Students from Discrimination and Harassment

After the Trump administration tried to fire more than half of the investigators tasked with protecting the civil

NEWS: Sanders Releases New Report Detailing How Trump’s Education Layoffs Abandoned Students Facing Violence, Harassment and Discrimination

report finds that since Trump and McMahon illegally fired half the staff at OCR and paid civil rights

NEWS: Sanders Successfully Pushes Trump Administration to Release Education Funding for Vermont

staff who managed these federal funds were fired in March 2025, further delaying the funds from reaching Vermonters

NEWS: Sanders Files Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to Block Nearly $660 Million in Bomb Sales to Israel

more, safe and has set the region on fire. It has resulted in 13 Americans killed and hundreds

NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Trump’s Dismantling of the Education Department Leaves 43 Million Borrowers Without Support

report, the Trump administration’s efforts to fire hundreds of workers at the Department of Education have undermined … will take to pay back by illegally firing nearly half the staff at the Federal Student Aid Office

NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Balint Secure More than $100 Million for Vermont in Federal Funding Bills

million for a new highway garage and fire station in Newark. Welch-championed CDS projects include $5.25 million … provide more than $1.4 million for Pownal Valley Fire Department to build a new central station

NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Trump Admin Wasted up to $38 Million While Weakening Civil Rights for Students

taxpayers of Trump’s attempts to illegally fire nearly 500 dedicated workers at OCR, the agency responsible … disability,”Sanders said.“Instead, the Trump administration fired half of the Education Department employees working to protect

Military Nominee Cannot Answer Senator King Question: “What is the Mission” in Venezuela?

example of an illegal order: orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal. I would urge … that, it is not legal to fire upon, shipwrecked, individuals,”Senator King finished. Senator King then continued

King, Deluzio Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Improve Awareness of Veterans Benefits in the Workplace

Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), International Brotherhood

King Lashes Out at “Dishonest” VA Staffing Cuts

those exchanges, they would claim they wouldn’t fire direct care workers, but didn’t address whether they

King-Led Effort to Restore Transparency in Public Health Passes First Procedural Hurdle

States government. “HHS reduction in force and mass firings. Tremendous changes in the organization and the ability

NEWS: Sanders, HELP Committee Democrats Call on Cassidy to Have Secretary Kennedy Testify Before HELP Committee

spread misinformation, end campaigns encouraging flu vaccinations, fire officials who disagree with him, and place individuals with significant

NEWS: Sanders, 25 Senators Call on Starbucks CEO to Stop Union-Busting and Negotiate a Fair Contract for Workers

health and safety and protections against unfair firing and discipline. But after Niccol took over

Trump’s Fired CDC Director Speaks Up

King Questions Military Nominees on Legal Authority for Caribbean Attacks

need this job? Because your predecessor was summarily fired without cause and without the statutorily required notice

PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Opening Statement in Oversight Hearing for Fired CDC Director

hearing on the Trump administration’s decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director … less than a month later, Dr. Monarez was fired. Why was that? Well, according to Secretary Kennedy

NEWS: Sanders Introduces Bill to Save Social Security from Trump, Musk Cuts

program’s success, the Trump administration has fired over 7,000 workers at the SSA, closed field offices

NEWS: Sanders Demands Bipartisan Investigation into Firing of CDC Director

bipartisan congressional investigation into the recent firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Susan

NEWS: Sanders Statement on CDC Walkout As Trump’s War on Science Continues

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including by firing CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez.I applaud the workers … with conspiracy theorists and ideologues.Dr. Monarez was reportedly fired because she refused to serve as a rubber stamp

NEWS: Sanders Leads Bill to Reverse the Cuts Trump and Musk Made to Social Security and Protect Benefits

program’s success, the Trump administration has fired over 7,000 workers at the SSA, closed field offices

NEWS: Sanders, Democratic HELP Members Launch Investigation into Secretary Kennedy’s Dangerous and Unprecedented Vaccine Committee Firings

that Kennedy provide information on his decision to fire ACIP’s non-partisan members and replace them with … resolution urging the HELP Committee to investigate the firings. In addition to Sanders, Sens. Tim Kaine

NEWS: Sanders to Force Votes to Block Arms Sales to Israel Amid Starvation in Gaza

near-daily massacres have seen Israeli soldiers repeatedly fire into unarmed crowds, testimony confirmed by American contractors

King Criticizes VA Nominee for Harmful “Ready, Fire, Aim” Contract Terminations

there seems to be a pattern of ready, fire, aim at Veterans’ Affairs. You started with hiring freeze … people are going to be fired by the end of the year

NEWS: Sanders: ‘No, Mr. President. Climate Change is Not a Hoax’

what is President Trump’s response? He just fired the last remaining State Department employees who work

NEWS: Sanders Calls for Bipartisan Investigation into Secretary Kennedy’s Vaccine Committee Firings at CDC

Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP … vaccine safety. “Secretary Kennedy’s reckless decision to fire these non-partisan scientific experts and replace them with