Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 22 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today urged President Obama to withdraw his support for a dangerous bill likely to cause a substantial jump in college loan interest rates for students and parents in years to come.  Under a so-called bipartisan proposal, interest rates would go up in five years to 7.25 percent for undergraduate loans,

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt., July 19 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today took part in a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the long-awaited beginning of construction of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail along the right of way of the former Lamoille Valley Railroad. “In the short term, construction of the trail will create jobs,” Sanders said. “Once built, the trail will be

WASHINGTON, July 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that a region in southeastern Vermont is getting the fastest consumer connection to the Internet anywhere in the United States. Springfield, Vt., and 13 neighboring towns – Saxtons River, Chester, North Springfield, Grafton, Bridgewater, Cuttingsville, Wallingford, Hartland, Killington, Pawlet, Danby, Mt. Holly and Middletown Springs – are in the process

WASHINGTON, July 16 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed an agreement that clears the way for long-stalled confirmation votes on several of President Barack Obama’s nominees but he warned that more must be done to end gridlock in “a seriously dysfunctional Senate.” “I am pleased that an agreement has been reached in which President Obama finally will get Senate

WASHINGTON, July 10 – Skeptical of a bid to overhaul the tax code by corporate-friendly congressional tax writers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today laid out specific proposals to raise revenue by closing loopholes that let multi-national corporations and oil companies avoid hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes.  Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairmen of the

WASHINGTON, July 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after a filibuster by Senate Republicans blocked consideration of a bill to restore student loan interest rates that doubled on July 1: “I have heard from more than 700 Vermonters and people around the country that college costs too much and interest rates on student loans are too