Press Releases

PLAINFIELD, Vt., Sept. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today participated in a dedication ceremony for a $1.2 million expansion of the Plainfield Health Center. “As chairman of the subcommittee on primary health care, I am proud that we have helped lead the fight to more than double funding for community health centers to address the primary health crisis in Vermont and America,” Sanders

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 – With hopes rapidly fading for a new farm bill before the current one expires at the end of September, dairy policy leaders in the Senate and House are pushing for a temporary fix for the dairy safety net until a new dairy program included in both the Senate and House versions of the farm bill becomes law and can be put

MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 7 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today confronted critics of Social Security as they launched a nationwide misinformation campaign.  Sanders took on the self-styled “Comeback America Initiative” as the group – bankrolled by Wall Street millionaires and billionaires – began a series of town meetings on federal budget deficits at St. Anselm’s College. Representatives of several

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 30 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed President Barack Obama’s statement in support of a constitutional amendment to undo the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United that paved the way for a flood of campaign cash from corporations and wealthy special interests. “I applaud President Obama for expressing support for a serious effort to restore the democratic

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 23 – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today joined U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on a tour of a Vermont National Guard solar power installation that is a model for military bases around the country. Brig. Gen. Thomas Drew, the Guard’s new adjutant general, escorted the EPA administrator and Sanders (I-Vt.) on a tour of one of the largest solar projects

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 20 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Vermont environmental leaders held a news conference today to discuss smart-grid technology that is making Vermont a national leader in developing a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. “The bottom line is that smart grid offers real benefits for consumers and the environment,” said Sanders, a member of both the Senate energy and