Press Releases

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

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 14 – “We are now in the midst of the fiercest and best-financed attack against Social Security in our lifetimes,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) warned today on the 77th anniversary of the most successful program in the modern history of the United States. “Hundreds of millions of dollars are now being spent to destroy Social Security and endanger the well-being of millions

BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 6 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) chaired a Senate energy committee hearing today on why gasoline prices in northwestern Vermont have been among the highest in the nation. Burlington area gas prices over the past three years have exceeded the U.S. average 86 percent of the time – sometimes by as much as 29 cents per gallon.  During the same period, Burlington

This is a formal hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and I want to thank Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Chairman of the Committee, for allowing us to hold this hearing in Burlington.  I also want to thank Committee staff for being with us today.  What is being discussed here will become a part

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 – Vermont won more than $3.1 million in Federal Highway Administration competitive grants, including funds to repair the Longley Covered Bridge in Montgomery and the Brown Covered Bridge in Shrewsbury, the congressional delegation announced today. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced the awards. “Vermont fared very well in this very competitive round of

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 – A Vermont non-profit has won a $2.9 million grant through the Older Americans Act to train and place low-income Vermonters in jobs around the state, Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch announced today. The grant – part of $260 million in nationwide awards – will go to Vermont Associates for Training and Development, a St.