Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 13 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after the U.S Department of Agriculture extended the deadline to enroll in the Margin Protection Program until June 22. “While far from a perfect solution, the Margin Protection Program may help many of Vermont’s farmers who have been struggling with years of low milk prices. That’s

WASHINGTON, June 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and 18 of their colleagues sent a letter Tuesday to United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley urging the Trump administration to uphold the United States’ international human rights treaty obligations and present Congress with a plan to take action to reduce shameful levels of poverty across the country. The

WASHINGTON, June 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement Tuesday following President Trump and Kim Jong Un’s meeting in Singapore: “While very light on substance, the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore represents a positive step in de-escalating tensions between our countries, addressing the threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, and moving toward

                     RANDOLPH CENTER, Vt., June 9 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a Vermont Energy Resource Fair and Town Meeting Saturday at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center to discuss how Vermonters can make their homes and businesses more efficient and to help Vermonters determine what type of renewable energy works best for their needs. More than 300 people

BURLINGTON, Vt., June 8 – In a speech to the Vermont Employee Ownership Conference Friday afternoon at the University of Vermont, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stressed that in a rapidly transitioning economy we must help workers around the country form employee-owned businesses:  “Instead of giving huge tax breaks to corporations who shut down in the United States and send jobs

WASHINGTON, June 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) outlined his plan to strengthen the United States Postal Service in a letter Thursday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the chairman of the president’s task force on the Postal Service. “Unfortunately, for decades, the Postal Service has been under attack by those who want to profit off of the Postal Service’s failure.