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To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.
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NEWS: Sanders, Baldwin Introduce Legislation to Finally Update Half-Century-Old Workplace Safety Laws, Protect American Workers » Senator Bernie Sanders
Position: Sanders and Baldwin introduce legislation to comprehensively reform the Occupational Safety and Health Act, increasing OSHA inspector staffing, strengthening worker protections, and imposing criminal penalties and substantial fines on corporate executives responsible for workplace deaths and injuries.
WASHINGTON, April 28 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today introduced the Protecting America’s Workers Act to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day. This legislation would comprehensively reform the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which has not been meaningfully updated since it was passed in 1970.
According to the AFL-CIO’s Death on the Job Report, 140,000 workers die every year in the United States from workplace hazards. Unfortunately, the Occupational Safety and Health Act lacks the teeth to protect workers. Today, there are only five OSHA inspectors for every one million workers — the lowest in at least 45 years. This record low means each workplace can only be inspected once every 191 years.
Earlier this month, an Amazon warehouse worker in Oregon collapsed on the job. It is reported that Amazon workers were told to stop life-saving emergency care and get back to work. It was over an hour before emergency medical services arrived and too late to save their life. The Protecting America’s Workers Act would ensure other workers are protected and that companies like Amazon are punished for this outrageous misconduct.
Amazon’s choice to put profits ahead of people is well documented. A 2024 HELP Committee report on the dangerous working conditions at Amazon’s warehouses revealed that Amazon knew that its productivity standards were the reason workers are so frequently injured, yet they refused to make any changes, instead putting profits over safety of their workers.
“In America today, it is unacceptable that large, profitable corporations like Amazon are routinely violating our nation’s health and safety laws,” Sanders said. “Even worse, when corporations are found liable for workplace fatalities and injuries, no one is held accountable for breaking the law and the fines are so meaningless that CEOs treat them as simply the cost of doing business. That must change. Corporations in America should not be allowed to endanger the health and safety of workers with impunity. When a dangerous worksite leads to a serious injury or death, corporate bosses who are responsible for harming workers must face substantial jail time and pay a significant fine for breaking the law.”
“Wisconsin workers power our state’s economy: building, brewing, and growing the Made in Wisconsin products that put our state on the map. That’s why I'm committed to ensuring every Wisconsin worker is guaranteed the dignity and respect on the job that they’ve earned. This bill will strengthen and expand employees' rights, improve safety, and hold bad actors accountable when they break the law and hurt American workers,” Baldwin said.
The Protecting America’s Workers Act:
Joining Sanders and Baldwin on this legislation are Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.,) Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.).
The Protecting America’s Workers Act has been endorsed by 15 organizations, including the AFL-CIO, United Steelworkers (USW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), United Mineworkers of America (UMWA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), International Association of Machinists (IAM), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), Government Accountability Project (GAP), United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers (UE), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), United Autoworkers (UAW), International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).
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Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776
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NEWS: Sanders Releases New Report Detailing How Trump’s Education Layoffs Abandoned Students Facing Violence, Harassment and Discrimination » Senator Bernie Sanders
Position: Senator Sanders opposes the Trump administration's layoffs and office closures at the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, arguing that these cuts have left students facing discrimination and harassment without adequate federal protections and civil rights enforcement.
WASHINGTON, April 28 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report finding that the Trump administration’s widespread efforts to lay off workers and shutter regional offices at the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) left students facing discrimination or harassment throughout the country without the help they are entitled to under federal law.
As a result, Trump’s Education Department has been the least productive in over a decade — reaching in 2025 the lowest number of resolution agreements in 12 years and, shockingly, reaching zero resolution agreements for students facing serious traumatic incidents including sexual harassment, sexual violence, seclusion, restraint, racial harassment and discriminatory school discipline. Resolution agreements are legally binding commitments between OCR and schools to remedy violations of students’ civil rights, monitored for years after a complaint is filed. A resolution agreement means OCR identified a problem and required a school to fix it — not just for the student who came forward, but for every student who comes after them. Despite receiving the same budget as the prior year and facing nearly 12,000 pending civil rights cases, Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s OCR provided relief to students and families through resolution agreements in just 1% of pending cases.
“Every child in America should be able to go to school safely and be treated with dignity. Unfortunately, this report makes clear that the Trump administration’s illegal efforts to dismantle the Education Department have been a disaster for students and families across this country,” Sanders said. “When a child with a disability is denied the education they are entitled to, when a student faces racial or sexual harassment — they turn to the Office for Civil Rights for help. Yet the Trump administration has decimated this office. As a result, tens of thousands of students facing discrimination have been left with no recourse. That is beyond unacceptable.”
The Trump administration has undertaken unprecedented efforts to gut the Office for Civil Rights, the agency responsible for protecting students from discrimination based on race, sex, disability, color, national origin and age. In March 2025, the administration attempted to lay off nearly half of OCR’s workforce — costing taxpayers up to $38 million while investigators were barred from doing their jobs. The administration proposed a second round of layoffs during the 2025 shutdown before reversing course and reinstating staff. Yet Sanders’ report details that much of the damage done to students facing discrimination or harassment cannot be reversed.
This report finds that since Trump and McMahon illegally fired half the staff at OCR and paid civil rights investigators not to work, the agency has:
U.S. Senate
332 Dirksen Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776
1 Church St.
3rd Floor,
Burlington, VT 05401
Toll-free: 800-339-9834
Phone: 802-862-0697
Fax: 802-860-6370
NEWS: Sanders Successfully Pushes Trump Administration to Release Education Funding for Vermont » Senator Bernie Sanders
Position: Sanders secured the release of $11.58 million in federal K-12 COVID-19 funding for Vermont schools that the Trump administration had withheld for over a year, and criticized the administration's delay and the burdensome reapplication process imposed on school districts.
BURLINGTON, Vt. April 27 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced that the Department of Education has finally released $11.58 million in federal K-12 COVID-19 funding for 20 Vermont school districts and the Agency of Education, after over a year of needless delay.
"After a year of needless delay from the Trump administration, Vermont school districts will finally receive federal funding for summer and afterschool programs, school renovations and other critical services. At a time when so many of our school districts are suffering and struggling economically, this is an important step forward," Sanders said.
In March 2025, the Trump administration canceled an estimated $2.5 billion nationwide, including about $17 million for Vermont in unspent funding for K-12 schools provided under the American Rescue Plan Act that had already been approved for states to spend and created a burdensome appeals process for states and school districts to reapply for money they had been promised.
Sanders urged Education Secretary Linda McMahon to reverse this decision on multiple occasions and ultimately secured her commitment that Vermont schools would receive the funding they were due. Courts also ruled against the Trump administration’s illegal withholding of the funds. The department assured the senator that the funding would be released in June of last year, but has forced the state through a months-long, disastrous and burdensome process to release funds. As part of the Trump administration’s actions to dismantle the Department of Education, the staff who managed these federal funds were fired in March 2025, further delaying the funds from reaching Vermonters.
This month, Sanders finally received confirmation from the Department of Education that a total of $11.58 million in funding has been sent to Vermont to reimburse schools for essential activities, such as summer and afterschool programs, school renovations, teacher training, literacy and math coaches and mental health programs.
The full list of school districts receiving funds is here:
U.S. Senate
332 Dirksen Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776
1 Church St.
3rd Floor,
Burlington, VT 05401
Toll-free: 800-339-9834
Phone: 802-862-0697
Fax: 802-860-6370
NEWS: Sanders Statement on Overwhelming Majority of Democratic Caucus Opposing Arms Sales to Israel » Senator Bernie Sanders
Position: Senator Sanders supports conditioning or blocking U.S. military aid to Israel, arguing that the funds should instead be invested domestically and that current Israeli military operations constitute illegal wars.
WASHINGTON, April 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after 40 Democratic senators voted to block the sale of $295 million worth of bulldozers used to demolish homes in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank, and 36 voted against $151.8 million worth of 1,000-pound bombs used in Gaza and Lebanon.
We are making progress.
Today, more than 80% of the Democratic caucus stood with the American people and voted to block U.S. military aid to Netanyahu and his horrific, illegal wars.
When we started this effort there were just 11 votes. Now, there are 40.
That shift reflects where the American people are. Americans, whether they are Democrats, Republicans or independents, want to see our tax money invested in improving lives here at home — not used to kill innocent women and children in the Middle East and put American troops in harm’s way as part of Netanyahu’s illegal wars of expansion.
What’s astonishing is that, despite overwhelming opposition across this country, Republicans continue to side with Netanyahu and Trump.
U.S. Senate
332 Dirksen Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776
1 Church St.
3rd Floor,
Burlington, VT 05401
Toll-free: 800-339-9834
Phone: 802-862-0697
Fax: 802-860-6370
NEWS: Sanders to Force Votes to Block Arms Sales to Israel on Wednesday » Senator Bernie Sanders
Position: Senator Sanders opposes pending arms sales to Israel totaling approximately $447 million, arguing that the sales violate the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms Export Control Act, and that the U.S. should use military aid leverage to pressure Israel to end what he characterizes as atrocities in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
WASHINGTON, April 14 – As the Netanyahu government continues its devastation in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, and its illegal war on Iran, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced that he will force votes to block nearly half a billion dollars in arms sales to Israel on Wednesday. These include $151.8 million worth of 1,000-pound bombs used in Gaza and Lebanon and $295 million worth of bulldozers used to demolish homes in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank.
Specifically, the Senate will vote on:
S.J.Res.138 – To prohibit the $151.8 million sale of 12,000 BLU-110A/B general purpose 1,000-pound “dumb” gravity bombs and related logistics and technical support services.
S.J.Res.32 – To prohibit the $295 million sale of D9R and D9T Caterpillar bulldozers; spare and repair parts; corrosion protection; publications and technical documentation; pre-delivery inspections; U.S. Government and contractor support; technical and logistics support services; storage; and other related elements of logistics and program support.
“U.S. taxpayers have spent tens of billions of dollars in support of the racist, extremist Netanyahu government. Enough is enough,” Sanders said. “The United States must use the leverage we have — tens of billions in arms and military aid — to demand that Israel ends these atrocities.”
The arms sales in question violate the criteria laid out in the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act. Secretary Marco Rubio signed an emergency determination just six days into the war with Iran in an attempt to bypass the statutory congressional notification period and immediately transfer these weapons. Reliable human rights monitors have documented numerous incidents involving the use of 1,000-pound bombs in illegal strikes leading to unacceptable civilian death tolls, including strikes on densely populated residential areas in Gaza and Beirut. The Caterpillar D9 bulldozers covered by S.J.Res.32 are the IDF's primary demolition tool — used to demolish Palestinian homes, raze refugee camps, uproot olive groves and build settler-only roads that make a Palestinian state physically impossible.
U.S. Senate
332 Dirksen Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776
1 Church St.
3rd Floor,
Burlington, VT 05401
Toll-free: 800-339-9834
Phone: 802-862-0697
Fax: 802-860-6370
NEWS: Sanders, Welch, Balint Demand Trump Admin Release $4 Million in Anti-Poverty Funding to Vermont » Senator Bernie Sanders
Position: Sanders, Welch, and Balint demand the Trump administration immediately release $810 million in Community Services Block Grant funding that Congress appropriated and the President signed into law, arguing the administration is illegally withholding funds needed to serve vulnerable populations including low-income families, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans.
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 6 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) called on Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to obey the law and immediately release more than $810 million in federal funding that helps more than 10 million Americans living in poverty, including nearly 50,000 Vermonters.
Specifically, in just one year, Vermont’s community action agencies served 3,200 Vermonters who did not have health care, 9,000 people who had a disability, more than 7,000 low-income seniors, more than 11,000 children living in poverty and 1,200 veterans and active military personnel.
“We are urging you to immediately release this vital funding so that over 48,000 Vermonters and 10 million people throughout America living in poverty can receive the help they desperately need to keep a roof over their heads, feed their families, keep their jobs, send their kids to child care and pay their energy bills,” the members wrote. “These programs are literally a matter of life and death for some of the most vulnerable people in America…Congress funded them. The President signed this funding into law. And, under our Constitution, you do not have the right to determine which laws you will follow and which laws you will ignore.”
For over three months, the Trump administration has illegally withheld Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding from community action agencies across the country — including from BROC Community Action, Capstone Community Action, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Northeast Kingdom Community Action and Southeastern Vermont Community Action in our state. Across the country, nearly 1,000 community action agencies in almost every county in America use these funds to provide urgent financial aid for working families with children, people with disabilities and seniors on fixed incomes and to administer critical programs like Head Start and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
“What we are asking you to do is simple and straightforward: Obey the law. Respect the Constitution. Do not let kids go hungry, do not force veterans to sleep out on the street, do not deny low-income seniors the emergency assistance they need to live with dignity and respect. Release these funds,” the members concluded.
U.S. Senate
332 Dirksen Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5141
Fax: 202-228-0776
1 Church St.
3rd Floor,
Burlington, VT 05401
Toll-free: 800-339-9834
Phone: 802-862-0697
Fax: 802-860-6370
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION PACLabor2 contributionsTrade-union PAC for the Transport Workers Union of America — backs candidates supporting prevailing wages, workplace safety, and collective-bargaining protections for transit and airline workers.AI$10,000
2.AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PACLabor2 contributionsTrade-union PAC for commercial airline pilots — backs candidates supporting pilot workplace protections, collective bargaining rights, and aviation safety standards.AI$10,000
3.UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNILabor2 contributionsTrade-union PAC for food retail, meatpacking, and grocery workers — backs candidates supporting union organizing, collective bargaining, and worker protections.AI$10,000
4.COURAGE TO CHANGE1 contribution$5,000
5.NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC1 contribution$5,000
6.AMERICA WORKS PAC1 contribution$5,000
7.THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION PAC1 contribution$5,000
8.MOVEON.ORG PACIdeological1 contributionProgressive advocacy PAC — supports Democratic candidates and causes aligned with grassroots activism on healthcare, climate, voting rights, and social justice.AI$5,000
9.LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND1 contribution$5,000
10.J STREETIdeological1 contributionPro-Israel advocacy PAC — supports candidates backing a two-state solution, diplomatic engagement, and U.S.-Israel relations aligned with progressive foreign policy.AI$5,000
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.GOOGLE$15,935
2.AMAZON$9,067
3.MICROSOFT$8,116
4.USERNODE LABS AG$7,500
5.KAISER PERMANENTE$7,449
6.KNOX EQUITY LLC$7,000
7.NVIDIA CORPORATION$7,000
8.META$6,473
9.DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK$6,390
10.NVIDIA$6,014
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
