Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement tonight after President Barack Obama said a proposal to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control could be a potential breakthrough and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) postponed action on a resolution in support of U.S. military strikes against Syria: “At a time when the vast majority

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today on President Barack Obama’s request for Congress to authorize military strikes against Syria: “I intend to keep an open mind with regard to the president’s proposal on Syria but at this point I have serious reservations.  These reservations are shared by many Vermonters who are calling my office –

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after President Barack Obama announced that he will ask Congress to authorize military strikes against Syria: “The use of chemical weapons by the Assad dictatorship is inhumane and a violation of international law.  However, at this point in time, I need to hear more from the president as to

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 – Leaders of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Special Committee on Aging said today that they are “deeply troubled” by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ lax oversight of private advisers to veterans applying for pensions and other benefits. The senators cited a new report by the Government Accountability Office that faulted the VA for

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed Entergy Corp.’s decision to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. “I am delighted that Entergy will shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant which has had so many problems in recent years. There is a strong desire on the part of the people of the state of Vermont to

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug 23 – With the second anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene approaching, Vermont’s congressional delegation today recalled heroic relief measures in the flooding’s immediate aftermath and a remarkable  rebuilding effort undertaken in the two years since one of the worst natural disasters in Vermont history. The Aug. 28, 2011, torrential storm killed six people in Vermont, forced thousands