Press Releases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 – Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Friday announced that the Vermont Veterans Home (VVH) in Bennington is on a high priority list to receive federal funding for an electronic medical records system from the Department of Veterans Affairs.  If approved, more than $790,000 would be awarded for the project, through

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 – A special internal review by the State Department inspector general faulted aspects of the department’s handling of a proposal to build a crude oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) last Nov. 7 asked Howard W. Geisel, the acting inspector general, to examine apparent conflicts

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 – At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is considering deep cuts in services and jobs, an internal watchdog today told Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that a big funding cushion already has been built into the mail service’s retirement and health benefit funds. Billions of dollars owed to the funds have been cited by Postal Service

WASHINGTON, Feb 3 – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Friday announced that Vermont nonprofit housing assistance organizations will receive $1.2 million to help inform Vermonters about homeownership, preserve and develop affordable rental housing, and counsel homeowners facing foreclosure or the aftermath of Irene. The federal NeighborWorks America program is awarding five competitive federal

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has cosponsored bipartisan legislation to address critical shortages of drugs to treat many life-threatening illnesses. “This legislation is a step forward in addressing drug shortages that have created a serious public health problem for many Vermonters and other Americans,” said Sanders, a member of the Senate health committee. Responding to requests from

…Shrinking The So-Called Doughnut Hole WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) Thursday hailed new tallies showing that Vermonters with Medicare saved $4,849,624 on their prescription drugs in 2011 under health care reforms enacted through the Affordable Care Act. New totals released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human