Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 – Vermont’s two U.S. Senators, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Wednesday joined in introducing legislation to stop student loan interest rates from doubling this summer.  In 2007 Congress passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which reduced the fixed-interest rate on Stafford Loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent, helping millions of American students

. . . Vermont Entrants Will Comprise 10 Percent Of Entire Field  (THURSDAY, Jan. 26) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) Thursday said the selection of Middlebury College and Norwich University to compete in Solar Decathalon 2013, accounting for ten percent of the entire field of 20 schools selected by the U.S.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced a bill to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, which supports Meals on Wheels and other essential programs for seniors. “We are at a critical moment. We must give seniors the support they need to stay healthy in their homes and communities,” said Sanders, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement after President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address to a special joint session of Congress:    “President Obama is clearly right that we must address the continuing jobs crisis in America in an aggressive way. We must do all we can to create millions of

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 – Addressing several hundred demonstrators at a Capitol Hill rally today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end to tax breaks and other subsidies for the enormously-profitable oil and coal industries. “We’ve got to end all of the tax breaks for the oil companies and coal companies and I’m going to introduce legislation to do just that,” Sanders told demonstrators clad in

BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 23 – More than 300 students from 30 Vermont high schools shared their thoughts on the major issues facing the United States in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) second annual State of the Union essay contest. Among other issues, the students wrote about the declining middle class, growing inequality in the United States, the environment, civil liberties, and the burdens of student debt. “This