Press Releases

Approximately 100 programs awarded grants to expand offerings for State’s Summer Matters initiative Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott, Senator Bernie Sanders and Vermont Afterschool today announced the recipients of the Summer Matters for All Grant Program. A total of $3.85 million was awarded to about 100 programs in 13 counties to expand access to summer enrichment opportunities for K-12

WASHINGTON, May 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday announced that the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, which today passed out of the Environment and Public Works Committee, will include nearly $1.4 billion for Vermont’s roads, bridges, and transit systems.  After the committee voted to send the legislation to the Senate floor today, Sen. Sanders, who helped draft the bill, celebrated

WASHINGTON, May 20 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Thursday announced sweeping legislation to address the massive health care workforce shortage facing the United States. Sanders announced the bill today while leading a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security titled “A Dire Shortage and Getting Worse: Solving the Crisis in the Health Care

WASHINGTON, May 20 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday introduced a joint resolution blocking the recent sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel. “At a moment when U.S.-made bombs are devastating Gaza, and killing women and children, we cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a Congressional debate,” Sanders said. “I believe that the

WASHINGTON, May 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday will take to the floor of the U.S. Senate to block a destructive resolution on the conflict in Israel and Palestine, and offer an alternative in its place. Following the failure of the Republican motion, Sanders will ask for unanimous consent that the Senate adopt the following resolution: Whereas every

WASHINGTON, May 19 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) Wednesday introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021, which would require the Department of Defense (DOD) to finally pass a full independent audit beginning in fiscal year 2022. Under the bill, each branch of the military and part of the DOD that fails to obtain a clean audit opinion