Press Releases

WASHINGTON, June 27 –The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced a public meeting to be held in Vernon, Vermont to discuss the best practices and lessons learned associated with community and citizen advisory boards (“CABs”) associated with decommissioning plant activities, like those ongoing in Vernon relating to the decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The meetings are required under a

(En Español) WASHINGTON, June 27 –Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, led six Senators in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue probing the Trump administration’s failure to release emergency nutrition assistance funds to Puerto Rico already

WASHINGTON, 27 de junio -El senador Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), miembro de mayor rango de la minoría del Comité de Presupuesto en el Senado de los Estados Unidos, envió una carta al director de la Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto (OMB, por sus siglas en inglés), Mick Mulvaney, y al Secretario del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por

WASHINGTON, June 24 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) unveiled landmark legislation today to eliminate tuition and fees at all public four-year colleges and universities, as well as make community colleges, trade schools, and apprenticeship programs tuition- and fee-free for all. The three lawmakers’ proposal also eliminates all $1.6 trillion in student

WASHINGTON, June 20 – Today, Senator Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement as he voted in support of joint resolutions to block the transfer of $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and other states in response to President Trump’s announcement of a “national emergency” over Iran, which was intended to bypass statutory Congressional oversight over arms sales: “The Trump administration’s

BURLINGTON, June 17 — Vermont’s congressional delegation — Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I), and Representative Peter Welch (D) — on Monday urged Vermont dairy farmers to consider enrolling in the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, a safety net measure created in the 2018 Farm Bill to help producers manage volatile milk prices and feed costs.  The enrollment