Press Releases

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 9 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that “unconscionable” cuts in a federal emergency hunger program have resulted in a 50 percent reduction in food supplies from that program for the Vermont Foodbank. The foodbank runs programs through a network of 280 food shelves, community centers, churches, schools and senior centers. The foodbank has experienced shortages because of deep cuts in

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 – New state laws that make it harder for millions of voters to cast ballots are detailed in a Government Accountability Office report released today. The comprehensive study was requested by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.). The senators asked the non-partisan research arm of Congress to investigate what they called an “alarming number”

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 2 – The Northern Border Regional Commission has awarded grants totaling $373,447 for regional development projects in Vermont, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced today. The grants will support the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail in Lamoille County and develop key regional business clusters in the Northeast Kingdom. The $249,982 grant for the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail

“We must address the very serious problem of a $16 trillion national debt and a $1 trillion federal deficit,” Sen Bernie Sanders said in a column published Tuesday by Politico. But with just weeks to go before the election and a lame-duck session of Congress, he criticized the “horrendous ideas” offered by self-styled deficit hawks. The same people who took

BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 1 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced a new $1 million grant to support energy efficiency in Burlington. The senator was joined at a news conference by Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger and Vermont Department of Public Service Commissioner Elizabeth Miller. “This program may well become a national model for how we overcome hurdles to energy efficiency investments. It will help us

BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 28 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after a federal judge struck down a Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule on market speculation: “Today’s court decision is another victory for Wall Street speculators who have been given a green light to rip off the American people at the gas pump.  The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer