Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 1 – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) today issued the following joint statement: “After eight long months, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has finally signed a lease on a new home for Montpelier’s post office after the devastating floods displaced their downtown location last summer. This is an

WASHINGTON, March 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday called on Novo Nordisk to lower the list price of Ozempic and issued the following statement after the release of a new study, which found that the diabetes and weight-loss drug could be profitably produced for less than $5

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday will hold a discussion with older Vermonters to hear about their experiences with the many programs funded through the Older Americans Act (OAA). The discussion will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Waterbury Area Senior Center. Earlier this month, as Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and

WASHINGTON, March 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday released the following statement regarding the State Department’s statement that Israel is in compliance with U.S. law, international humanitarian law, and the Biden Administration’s recent National Security Memorandum. The State Department today stated: “We have found them not to be in violation, either when it comes to conduct of the war

BURLINGTON, Vt., March 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that his office has secured an additional $15.3 million in federal funding on behalf of 13 Vermont projects that address significant needs across the state, including in health care, emergency operations, youth programming, and substance abuse prevention. This funding brings the total amount of Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) secured

WASHINGTON, March 23 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement regarding his NO vote on the appropriations package passed in the Senate last night: I voted NO on the appropriations bill that the Senate passed last night. While hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children face starvation in Gaza, this bill actually prohibits funding to UNRWA, the key United Nations