---
type: Person
title: "Bernard Sanders"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on the Budget"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs"
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tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, vt]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Bernard Sanders

Current U.S. Senate - VT (State of Vermont).

## Leadership

- Senate Democratic Outreach Chair (since 2025-01-03)

## Committees

- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/chemical-safety-waste-management-environmental-justice-and-regulatory-oversight.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/clean-air-climate-and-nuclear-innovation-and-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water](/us/bodies/senate/committees/environment-and-public-works/subcommittees/fisheries-wildlife-and-water.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Health Care](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/health-care.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/social-security-pensions-and-family-policy.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/taxation-and-irs-oversight.md)
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Education and the American Family](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/education-and-the-american-family.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Employment and Workplace Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/employment-and-workplace-safety.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Primary Health and Retirement Security](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/primary-health-and-retirement-security.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on the Budget](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget.md)
- [Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/veterans-affairs.md)

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).