Press Releases

WASHINGTON, April 24 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) told St. Johnsbury Fire Department Chief Troy Ruggles that his four-year quest to replace the department’s 36-year-old ladder truck is complete. Leahy, Sanders and Welch announced that a $475,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant will help the department replace its 1976 tower truck

WASHINGTON, April 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today chaired a Senate hearing on potential solutions to severe shortages in the nation’s primary care workforce. “In the United States today, some 45,000 people unnecessarily die each year because they don’t get to a doctor in time,” Sanders said. “Major reforms in primary care will save lives and save billions in health

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 21 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate environment and energy committees and the sponsor of legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, issued the following statement on Monday’s observation of Earth Day: “Unless we take bold action to reverse climate change, our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to look

WASHINGTON, April 17 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today voted for expanded background checks on gun buyers and for a ban on assault weapons but the Senate rejected those central planks of legislation inspired by the shootings of 20 first-grade students and six teachers in Newtown, Conn. “Nobody believes that gun control by itself is going to end the horrors

WASHINGTON, April 15 – The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs today questioned Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki at a hearing on President Barack Obama’s proposed $153 billion budget for the VA in 2014. Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told Shinseki that the overall budget for the department “reflects a strong commitment by this administration to provide veterans and

WASHINGTON, April 15 – Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made the following statement in response to the explosions at the Boston Marathon: The Boston Marathon is one of the greatest sporting events in the United States. What happened today is a tragedy beyond words. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims, their families and friends.