Press Releases

WASHINGTON, July 25 – In the first six months of 2012, Vermonters with Medicare saved nearly $1.5 million on their prescription drug costs, Vermont’s congressional delegation – Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch – announced today. The savings come from reforms enacted through the Affordable Care Act. New totals released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focus on

WASHINGTON, July 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told a Senate panel today that a constitutional amendment is needed to undo the Supreme Court ruling that let corporations and wealthy individuals spend unlimited sums to sway American elections.  Vermont and five other states have adopted resolutions asking Congress for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision. More than 200 local governments, including about 60 towns

WASHINGTON, July 24 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today questioned why President Barack Obama has not defended Social Security against Republican calls for deep cuts in the program that benefits some 55 million retired and disabled Americans, widows and orphans. “I do not believe that we should cut Social Security,” Sanders said in a major Senate floor speech. “I would like

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 23 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation that would expand employee ownership of businesses in Vermont and throughout the country. “I am very proud that Vermont is leading the way on expanding employee ownership in this country,” Sanders told a news conference at his Senate office in Burlington. “Simply put, when employees have an ownership stake in their company, they

WASHINGTON, July 18 – U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Wednesday announced that the Federal Transit Administration has awarded the Deerfield Valley Transit Association (DVTA) $3 million to build a new administrative and maintenance facility in Wilmington.  The project was selected on a competitive basis through agency’s 2012 State of Good Repair Program. The DVTA will use the

WASHINGTON, July 18 – A Costco senior executive told Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that the company would have sold gasoline for 19 cents a gallon less than the average price charged by gas stations in the Burlington, Vt., area during the past two years. The company that wants to open a service station at its Colchester, Vt., warehouse store charged that potential rivals have used an