Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., May 4 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders today announced the Department of Health and Human Services awarded $5.5 million to six community health centers in Vermont. The health centers will use this new federal funding to renovate facilities, increase patient capacity and expand primary care services. The Vermont awards are part of $260 million in health infrastructure funding

WASHINGTON, May 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders cosponsored bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) today, which ensures that severely disabled veterans receive quality care from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). From 1996 until 2008, the VA was required to report on the number of beds and employees assigned to care for severely

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 28 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement after Vermont signed into law a bill to automatically register eligible Vermonters to vote when they apply for a state driver’s license: “While other states across the country are making it harder to vote, I’m proud that Vermont is once again among the states leading the nation by making

WASHINGTON, April 26 – After Rutland city officials announced today they would host up to 100 refugees from Syria and Iraq, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Rep. Peter Welch released the following statement:  “We are proud that the State of Vermont and the City of Rutland are welcoming civilian refugees who have fled the relentless violence in Syria, sometimes

WASHINGTON, April 22 – As tests for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contaminating drinking water in North Bennington, Bennington and Pownal continue this week, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) pressed two congressional committees, charged with finalizing legislation to regulate toxic chemicals, for stricter federal rules and deference to strong state protections already in place in Vermont

NEW YORK – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement Sunday supporting legislation that would let families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks sue Saudi Arabia if the government is linked to the attacks. “I support legislation by Sen. Chuck Schumer that would allow Americans, including the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks, to use U.S.