Press Releases

Burlington Gas Station Profits Top in Northeast U.S.  WASHINGTON, July 13 – Gasoline profit margins in northwest Vermont at the end of June were double the national average, according to detailed data shared with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) by a leading fuel price research firm. Burlington was the most lucrative gas market in the Northeast, according to data tracked by

WASHINGTON, July 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on reports that the uniforms to be worn by U.S. Olympic athletes during the opening ceremony for the summer games were made in China: “The Olympics are a time when Americans take great pride in our nation’s top athletes as they strive for gold. At a time when millions of Americans are

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 5 – Gasoline prices in Burlington in June were as much as a dime to 43 cents greater than a Federal Trade Commission computer model projected they should be, according to commission data turned over to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). While Vermont motorists already pay among the country’s highest prices to fill their tanks, the June price spike in Burlington exceeded what

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 3 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has called for a federal investigation into unusually high gasoline prices in the greater Burlington area compared to other parts of Vermont, New England and other areas throughout the country. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Sanders wrote: “I am writing to urge the Oil and

WASHINGTON, June 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Congress approved a bill to extend current interest rates on Stafford loans for 9 million college students, including 19,000 in Vermont:  “Young people in Vermont and across the country are facing extraordinary challenges. They are paying three to four times as much as their parents did

WASHINGTON, June 29 – Congress today passed a transportation funding bill that would provide almost $464 million to Vermont through 2014. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Senate Transportation Subcommittee member, helped write the bill. “At a time when about one-third of the bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete and 36 percent of the federal-aid roads need major repairs, this bill