Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 3 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Rep. Becca Balint (VT-At-Large) wrote today to President Biden urging him to quickly approve the Major Disaster Declaration request issued formally today by Governor Phil Scott. This disaster declaration would bring critical federal resources to Vermont to help individuals and communities recover after devastating flooding this summer. As

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 Moonshot Act of 2024

Senate Judiciary Committee Advanced Nomination with a Bipartisan Vote of 13-7 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

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement after voting no on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which would deliver tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks to some of the country’s largest and most profitable corporations: I strongly support restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit from the American Rescue

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 reauthorization marks the second largest authorized funding level increase

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement on the extreme flooding in Vermont this week: Once again, Vermont has been struck by more flooding, just three weeks after Barre, Plainfield, and other towns were hit on July 10 – and a year to the day after the disastrous flooding of 2023. We are